About the Role
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building as much as running. You will define what good looks like, sequence and drive the transformation agenda, and help shape the permanent structure once the foundation is set. You will partner closely with the Finance Director and finance leadership peers, work alongside Internal Audit and Operational Finance, and collaborate across banking and systems teams, influencing outcomes across multiple workstreams. You will also onboard and coach an incoming Treasury Analyst, building the team beneath you as the function matures.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day treasury operations across the group, including daily liquidity monitoring, cash positioning, FX trading, RCF drawdowns and intercompany payments.
- Rebuild the 13-week cashflow forecasting process from the ground up, assessing the right approach and delivering a reliable model.
- Lead the treasury banking automation programme, including D365 integration and new cash management platform go-live.
- Strengthen the control environment by owning the treasury controls register, leading the Provision 29 governance review and defining a delegation of authority framework.
- Embed a coherent suite of treasury and banking policies for Finance Director sign-off, covering FX hedging strategy, counterparty risk, RCF management and payment governance.
- Redesign the treasury operating model, agreeing a clear RACI with Operational Finance and transitioning bank reconciliation and nominated activities out of treasury.
- Document core treasury processes end to end, removing key-person dependency and building a governance framework.
- Onboard, coach and develop the incoming Treasury Analyst, and define the future-state treasury team structure.
Requirements
- A proven track record in corporate treasury at a listed or near-listed company, where you have personally owned the function rather than worked within it.
- Demonstrable experience leading treasury transformation, whether through system implementations, operating model redesign, policy build-out or a controls uplift.
- A player-manager approach, comfortable delivering the work yourself while building the team and structure beneath you.
- Strong expertise in payment controls, fraud risk and governance.
- Experience building or overhauling cashflow forecasting in a complex operational environment.
- Solid FX (spot and forward), RCF management and bank relationship experience.
- The ability to communicate clearly with Finance Director and CFO level stakeholders and laterally across finance teams, influencing outcomes across multiple workstreams without relying on full authority.
- The availability to commit to the engagement and start within four to six weeks.
Skills
- FX hedging strategy
- Counterparty risk
- RCF management
- Payment governance
- D365 integration
- SWIFT processing
- SEPA processing
Location
- London
- Paris
- Barcelona
- Milan
- Edinburgh
- Madrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Work from Abroad
Experience Level
- Interim Head of Treasury
Education Level
- ACT qualification such as CertICM or MCT, or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Private healthcare & dental insurance
- Generous work from abroad policy
- 2-for-1 share purchase plans
- EV Scheme
- Extra festive time off
- Excellent family-friendly benefits
- Clear career paths
- Transparent pay bands
- Personal learning budgets
- Regular learning days
About the Company
- We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel.
- Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.
- Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 billion in annual ticket sales.
- Collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries.
- A FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities.
- Focus on growth in the UK and Europe.
- A FTSE-listed digital rail and coach platform operating across the UK and Europe.
Equal Opportunity
- We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.
