The Treasury & Capital Planning Manager is responsible for end-to-end liquidity management, financial modelling, and primary bank engagement for the Group. The role integrates treasury execution with forward-looking capital planning to ensure strong cash visibility, disciplined funding decisions, and a single, credible financial narrative with lenders and stakeholders.
This role sits at the intersection of cash management, forecasting, modelling, and banker communication, supporting the CFO on funding strategy, refinancing, and covenant management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Treasury & Liquidity Management
- Own daily and medium-term liquidity management across the Group.
- Maintain rolling 13-week cash flow forecasts, extended to 3-year liquidity outlooks.
- Monitor cash balances, funding utilisation, and liquidity headroom.
- Oversee debt servicing schedules, interest costs, and repayment planning.
2. Financial Modelling & Capital Planning
- Develop and maintain integrated financial models (cash flow, funding, covenant, stress scenarios).
- Perform downside and stress testing to assess liquidity resilience under various operating scenarios.
- Support refinancing, restructuring, and funding proposals through robust modelling.
- Ensure modelling assumptions are aligned with actual cash behaviour and treasury realities
3. Bank & Lender Engagement
- Act as the primary point of contact for relationship banks and lenders.
- Prepare and present cash flow forecasts, funding updates, and covenant reporting to banks.
- Support negotiations on facilities, terms, waivers, and renewals in collaboration with the CFO.
- Coordinate bank information requests, ensuring consistency and credibility of data shared.
4. Covenant & Funding Compliance
- Monitor compliance with financial covenants and reporting obligations.
- Prepare covenant calculations, headroom analysis, and early-warning indicators.
- Proactively flag risks and recommend mitigating actions to the CFO.
5. Governance, Controls & Systems
- Strengthen treasury governance, controls, and reporting discipline.
- Drive automation and process improvements (e.g. ERP / Treasury systems) to reduce manual effort.
- Ensure clear audit trails and documentation for treasury and funding decisions.
6. Stakeholder Support
- Partner with Finance, FP&A, and Accounting teams to align forecasts and assumptions.
- Support the CFO with materials for Board, lenders, and internal steering committees.
- Contribute to capital structure strategy and long-term funding planning discussions.
Key Interfaces
- CFO (direct reporting line)
- Relationship Banks & Lenders
- FP&A and Group Finance
- Treasury Management System & ERP / Systems teams
- External advisors (banks, consultants, auditors)
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline
- 8-12+ years of experience in treasury, corporate finance, or capital planning
- Strong financial modelling skills with practical cash-flow orientation
- Proven experience dealing directly with banks and lenders
- Solid understanding of debt instruments, covenants, and liquidity management
- Experience in asset-heavy, leveraged, or cyclical industries is an advantage
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and modelling capability
- Commercial judgement grounded in cash reality
- Clear communicator with external stakeholders
- High ownership mindset with attention to detail
- Ability to operate independently in a lean finance environment
