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What this role involves:

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The Regional Treasurer - EMEA will lead the EMEA treasury function, with a focus on cash and liquidity management, funding strategies, financial risk management, and operational support for local teams. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the group's Treasury strategy in a fast-paced, international environment characterised by complexity, opportunity, and innovation.


In addition to recurring treasury activities, the role will involve identifying and implementing strategic Treasury solutions and collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders. This position offers exposure to the broader operations of the business through each unique business line, as well as tax, ESG, and M&A activities, making it a highly varied and rewarding opportunity.


The purpose of the role is to manage all Treasury activities and team members within the EMEA region (the U.K. and Continental Europe), and drive Treasury and corporate finance improvements for the department and company.


Reporting into the Global Deputy Treasurer, the Regional Treasurer - EMEA will lead the EMEA Group Treasury department across front, middle and back office operations, in addition to project management and implementation, and creating and spearheading innovative, new solutions for automation and value creation.

What your day-to-day will look like:

Lead and manage EMEA Treasury team across the U.K. and Poland , ensuring all day-to-day responsibilities are met, and there is appropriate training and L&D for team growth and value add development. Mentor and provide backup support to group and country-level treasury teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. Act as a business partner, providing strategic advice to regional leaders to ensure fiscally responsible decision making, focusing on Treasury risks such as liquidity, FX, guarantees and operations. Strategic focus on Working Capital Optimisation by driving improvements in working capital management, identifying opportunities to enhance cash efficiency across the group including netting tool rollout. Recommend and manage investment strategy for surplus funds to ensure best use of excess liquidity, considering funding needs, and net interest expense. Manage regional risk on behalf of the business around foreign currency, interest rate and regulatory risks Oversee regional trade finance activities related to bank guarantees and other working capital benefit opportunities. Collaborate with other regional treasurers to ensure KPIs are in place and standardized across the business with regular cadence of reporting. Recommend EMEA annual Treasury budget based on the region's goals and priorities. Drive decision making and evolve treasury policies and procedures to reduce operational risk and ensure best in class governance and management of treasury activities. Advise treasury integration and risk management strategies around M&A and other capital allocation decision making. Provide thought leadership and collaboration with Treasury Technology team on strategies to create automation, efficiencies and cost saving opportunities through the use of technology. Create strategy for innovative, best in class management of treasury operations in EMEA including project management, operational risk reduction (including PAM) and clear delegation of duties within the operations team. Business partnering with our PAM and Work Dynamics finance team to support new business wins, as well as internal stakeholder management including support to JBS Treasury Operations Department (shared service center.) Support preparation of Treasury cash flow reporting and forecast with a focus on liquidity and working capital management across the region. Strategically evaluate and recommend banking strategies with regional treasury operation leads to maximize operational efficiency and mitigate banking costs, alongside global B2B relationships * Build and foster strong relationships with key banks across EMEA, ensuring we are at the forefront of innovation for Treasury operations and cash management.