Defra Group Finance Cash Manager

Key responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Preparing Defra’s monthly cash forecasts for submission to HM Treasury in line with their cash management scheme.
• Preparing other cash-related returns for submission to HMT, e.g. details of receipts from Europe and details of commercial bank accounts held by Defra entities.
• Monitoring the cashflow for the Defra group, ensuring sufficient drawdown of funds from HMT each month, including funding for Defra’s agencies and grant-in-aid for the Department’s Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
• Managing Defra’s bank accounts in liaison with Defra’s shared service provider.
• Undertaking daily checks to ensure payments are in line with forecast.
• Liaising with the business to update forecasts where necessary.
• Liaising with HMT and NAO (National Audit Office) as required.
• Management of 1 x Assistant Cash Manager.
• Contributing to cash management aspects of a programme to introduce a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to team processes.