Interim Treasury Manager

Brilliant®; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Brilliant is seeking an Interim Treasury Manager for a hybrid role in Chicago, IL. This 2–3 month engagement focuses on bank account visibility and centralizing treasury controls, with responsibilities spanning opening, maintaining, and closing accounts and coordinating with multiple stakeholders.

The role requires a finance or accounting degree and a proven ability to learn treasury systems quickly, with strong communication skills to manage relationships with banking partners and internal

Qualifications

• Finance or Accounting degree required.
• Experience with bank account management and reconciliations.
• Understanding treasury operations and banking.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to treasury systems.

Responsibilities

• Improve visibility into the company’s bank accounts (approx. 50 accounts).
• Assess accounts and consolidate, streamline, or close as needed.
• Open, maintain, and close bank accounts with proper approvals and docs.
• Partner with Treasury, Accounting, Legal, Tax, and banking partners to centralize Treasury control.
• Establish processes, controls, and documentation for bank account management.
• Drive process improvements and implement account-level changes.
• Provide structure and coordination around projects (timelines, stakeholders, actions).

Skills

Bank reconciliations

Bank account management

Treasury operations

Stakeholder communication

Education

Finance or Accounting Degree

Job description

A biotech client of ours in Chicago, IL is seeking an Interim Treasury Manager to join their team (Hybrid role: 4 days in office). Corporate Treasury role for 2 - 3 months.

GENERAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS:

• Manage and improve visibility into the company’s bank account structure, including approximately 50bank accounts
• Assess existing accounts and identify opportunities to consolidate, streamline, or close unnecessary accounts.
• Manage the opening, maintenance, and closure of bank accounts, ensuring appropriate documentation, approvals, signatories, and regulatory requirements are completed.
• Partner with Treasury, Accounting, Legal, Tax, banking partners, and business stakeholders to transition accounts toward centralized Treasury control.
• Establish stronger processes, controls, and documentation around bank account management.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and implement account-level changes as needed.
• Provide structure and coordination around projects, including timelines, stakeholders, action items,
• Finance or Accounting Degree
• Banking relationship management and bank reconciliations
• Need to understand operations of treasury and banking
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of learning and adapting quickly to treasury system