Interim AP & Treasury Manager

AP & Treasury Manager, Asset Management Finance, Northern Europe

Reporting to: Finance Manager - Process Improvements, Finance Asset Management (dotted line to Client Finance Managers)

Location: Kings Langley office. Responsible for AP and treasury operations for assigned client portfolio.

Team managed: 3-5 AP & Treasury professionals. Scope to expand to 7-8 based on portfolio complexity and business growth.

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract

The AP & Treasury Manager is responsible for leading the AP and treasury function for an assigned portfolio of renewable energy asset management clients within the FAM Northern Europe team. The role carries full end-to-end accountability for accounts payable, banking and treasury operations, IFS power-user support, and team management.

Dual-cover capability is a core requirement. The individual will develop working knowledge of the other AP & Treasury Manager's portfolio, clients, and banking relationships within a reasonable timeframe.

The FAM Northern Europe team acts as an outsourced finance business partner, delivering financial support services under Management Service Agreements (MSAs) to clients owning renewable energy assets across onshore wind, solar, storage and hydro. The department currently manages over 200 legal entities across 17 clients and three regions (UK & Ireland, Nordics and Germany).

The team's scope includes:

• Purchase Ledger: >22,500 invoices per annum
• Banking: 300 bank accounts
• Treasury: cash processing, banking platform management and bank mandate administration
• IFS super-user support
• Business user support for Accounts Payable transactions
• Month end, quarter end and year end processing to agreed deadlines

Team Leadership & Management

• Lead, manage and develop a team of AP & Treasury professionals, setting clear expectations and supporting professional growth
• Allocate and monitor clerk workload to ensure even distribution and timely delivery across all assigned clients
• Act as first escalation point for all AP and treasury issues within the portfolio
• Conduct regular one-to-ones and performance conversations with direct reports
• Support the onboarding and training of new team members within the portfolio
• Maintain a regular contact with Client Leads and other AP & Treasury Manager
• Support and cover the wider FAM NE team as required, including providing substantive cover for the other AP & Treasury Manager during absences or peak periods
• Manage team absence and absence records and pull together cover plans to ensure smooth running of portfolio

Accounts Payable

• Own the end-to-end AP process for all assigned clients, from invoice receipt through to payment and reconciliation
• Ensure all supplier invoices are processed accurately, correctly coded and posted on time (both PO and non-PO)
• Manage payment proposals and oversee payment run processes, ensuring dual-control requirements are met at every stage
• Act as primary escalation for supplier queries, approval workflow delays and invoice disputes
• Oversee the processing of urgent and manual payments, ensuring appropriate approvals and documentation are in place
• Maintain supplier master data integrity;
  Ensure AP team are independently verifying any supplier bank detail changes before they are applied
• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close to agreed deadlines
• Spot-check invoice coding quality regularly and provide feedback to clerks
• Built in and agree robust Payment runs cycles and agree and communicate actively with the clients and business to minimise the urgent payment runs
• Regularly review the POAs and creditors ledger ensuring creditors balances are kept clean and up to date
• Manage out of system payments such as distributions, loan repayments & VAT payments
• Carry out bank approval of intercompany transfers

Treasury & Banking

• Own the treasury matrix and bank mandate register for all cluster clients, ensuring it is accurate and reviewed monthly
• Act as primary contact with banks for mandate changes, signatory updates and approval limit amendments
• Effectively implement and manage the bank access for every client account so there are appropriate number of individuals for cover
• Oversee bank uploads and payment approvals, ensuring dual-signatory controls are applied before any payment is released
• Oversee daily bank reconciliations across all cluster entities; resolve discrepancies promptly and elevate aged items
• Oversee cash postings across all cluster bank accounts
• Conduct and document…