Treasury Manager

Help Shape the Future of Treasury at Smiths Detection

This is a unique opportunity to join Smiths Detection at an exciting point in its evolution following its separation from Smiths Group. As Treasury Manager, you will play a central role in building and shaping a newly established Treasury function, helping transform treasury operations from a highly manual environment into a modern, scalable and value-adding function.

Reporting directly to the Head of Treasury, you will become a key member of a growing team, acting as the Treasury lead's trusted deputy while gaining exceptional exposure across treasury operations, funding, foreign exchange, process transformation, banking relationships and strategic projects.

This role offers the rare opportunity to help build a treasury function from the ground up while supporting a global, multi-entity organisation operating across numerous countries and currencies.

What You'll Be Doing

Treasury Operations

• Own and manage group cash forecasting processes, including forecast consolidation, challenge and variance analysis.
• Produce short and medium-term cash flow forecasts for Treasury leadership, senior executives and shareholders.
• Execute and oversee intercompany funding, loan administration and cash repatriation activities.
• Manage treasury reporting across cash, liquidity, debt and foreign exchange exposures.

Foreign Exchange & Funding

• Execute FX transactions and oversee trade lifecycle management.
• Monitor Group FX exposures and support risk management activities.
• Support debt management activities and gain exposure to significant acquisition financing facilities.
• Partner with banks and internal stakeholders to optimise treasury operations.

Banking & Controls

• Coordinate bank guarantees, renewals and facility management.
• Maintain banking mandates, treasury controls and e-banking access.
• Ensure robust governance and compliance through effective treasury controls and processes.

Treasury Transformation

• Support the implementation of a Treasury Management System (TMS).
• Help drive treasury automation and process improvements.
• Design, document and embed treasury policies, procedures and controls.
• Play a key role in transitioning treasury activities from consultants into a permanent in-house team.

About You

We are looking for someone who combines strong technical treasury expertise with a hands-on approach. You will be comfortable rolling up your sleeves, solving problems and working with incomplete information while helping build a best-in-class Treasury function.

You'll thrive in a growing environment, remain calm under pressure, and enjoy working across multiple stakeholders, countries and currencies.

Why Join Smiths Detection?

• Opportunity to help build a Treasury function from the ground up.
• Significant visibility and influence within the organisation.
• Exposure to major treasury transformation projects.
• Opportunity to support the implementation of a new Treasury Management System.
• Broad international exposure across a complex global business.
• Clear opportunity for growth as the Treasury team expands.

If you're looking for an opportunity to make a genuine impact while developing your career within a global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Essential

• AMCT qualified, or qualified through a recognised accounting body (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant treasury experience.
• At least 5 years' experience within a corporate treasury environment.
• Demonstrable experience in:
  • Cash forecasting and liquidity management
  • Intercompany funding and loan administration
  • Foreign exchange dealing
  • Treasury reporting and controls
• Experience working within multinational, multi-entity organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work across global finance teams.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and evolving processes.

Highly Desirable

• Treasury Management System implementation experience.
• Exposure to Kyriba, Integrity, Finastra or 360T platforms.
• Treasury and accounting qualifications.
• Experience within private equity-backed, leveraged or recently separated businesses.
• Exposure to cash pooling, in-house banking, debt management or treasury transformation projects.
• S ECC or S/4HANA experience.

We offer…

Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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