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.

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