Associate Director, Cash Management & Working Capital

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Cambridge - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Associate Director Cash Management & Working Capital

Role Summary

Own the CRO cash optimisation strategy and enterprise cash visibility. Lead monthly cash forecasting actuals flux analysis and cash analytics and drive cross-functional accountability for actions that improve cash flow along with recommendations for areas on focus and action. Present clear drivers risks KPIs and actions to the Finance Leadership Team (FLT).

Key Responsibilities

Cash Strategy & Ownership

  • Define and drive the CRO cash optimisation strategy

  • Establish ownership and governance for key cash drivers

Performance Management (Forecast Actuals Flux)

  • Own monthly cash forecast actuals and flux analysis

  • Prepare both concise operational and executive level commentary explaining month-over-month movements drivers and risks

Analytics & KPI Development

  • Design and maintain cash and working capital KPIs aligned to CRO operations

  • Build analytics that link operational activity to cash outcomes

  • Drive analytical insight into items impacting revenue and balance sheet

  • Develop dashboards and metrics to track performance trends and accountability

Executive & FLT Engagement

  • Present monthly cash performance outlook KPIs and actions to FLT

  • Track and follow up on agreed actions and outcomes

Cross-Functional Accountability

  • Drive actions across Finance Operations Contracts and Project teams

  • Develop knowledge on expected behaviours in cash by business and levers to influence

  • Recommend actions based on business insights for each division and business

  • Challenge assumptions and behaviours impacting cash performance

Working Capital Levers

  • Drive visibility performance and accountability for key cash levers including billing collections investigator/vendor payments and pass-through cash timing

  • Partner with AR Contracts Project Finance and Treasury to improve cash predictability

Reporting & Governance

  • Establish standard cash reporting flux templates and controls

  • Reporting Audit & Statutory Support

  • Support internal and external financial reporting through robust analytics flux analysis and business insight

  • Provide clear explanations of financial movements to support audit tax and statutory review processes

  • Partner with Controllership Tax and external auditors to address analytical questions and emerging issues

  • Identify trends or anomalies through analytics that may indicate reporting or control risks

Skills & Experience

  • Senior experience in cash management FP&A or working capital

  • Strong analytics KPI design and flux analysis capability

  • Executive-level financial storytelling and presentation skills

  • Proven ability to influence in a matrixed organisation

  • CRO or project-based services experience preferred

Success Looks Like

  • Clear actionable cash KPIs in place and actively used

  • Monthly cash movements clearly explained

  • Improved forecast accuracy and reduced volatility

  • Actions identified owned tracked and delivered

  • Indepth knowledge of all cash drivers for all businesses within CRG

  • FLT confidence in cash insights and trajectory


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