Treasury Manager EMEA

Description

Hitachi operates globally in four sectors - Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries - and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit .

Hitachi Europe operates across the EMEA Region, with offices in UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, South Africa, Poland and the Middle East, amongst others.

Headquartered in Datchet, England, the company's European operations employ over 550 people, representing the Hitachi Group in EMEA, leading the unified regional strategy and driving One-Hitachi growth. As a Regional extension of Hitachi HQ, it also provides functional leadership in Finance, HR, Legal, IT & Facilities.

What you'll be doing

The Treasury Manager is responsible for optimising the Group's EMEA liquidity, funding, and financial risk management. The role leads day-to-day cash and risk operations, drives forecasting accuracy, oversees treasury controls and compliance, and partners with Finance, Tax, Legal and Business Units to support growth, M&A integration, and capital structure objectives. This role acts as deputy to the Head of Treasury for operational matters and selected external stakeholder engagement (banks, rating agencies, trustees).

Key Responsibilities

• Liquidity & Cash Management Own daily EMEA cash positioning, pooling, and intercompany funding; ensure optimal use of cash, overdrafts and short-term investments within policy limits.

• Manage and enhance cash pooling structures (ZBA/physical pools/notional pooling/virtual accounts) across regions; rationalise bank accounts.

• Oversee treasury middle- and back-office operations: settlements, confirmations, reconciliations, KYC, mandates, bank fee review.

• Risk Management (FX/IR/Commodity as relevant)

• Execute and monitor hedging programmes (transactional, translational, interest rate risk); ensure compliance with Treasury Policy and delegated authorities.

• Manage hedge accounting under IFRS 9 (documentation, effectiveness testing, de-designations/rebalancing) in partnership with Group Reporting.

• Oversee valuation, counterparty risk limits, collateral/margin processes, and ISDA/CSA documentation.

• Funding, Capital Markets & Banking

• Support capital structure strategy, refinancing, and RCF/bilateral facilities; coordinate covenant compliance, agency, trustee, and ratings deliverables.

• Lead bank relationship management: wallet review, facility utilisation, RAROC-style allocation, and service-level KPIs.

• Governance, Compliance, Accounting & Controls

• Organize HIHO's Board meeting and Annual general meeting as a role of secretary of Managing Directors and prepare documentations.

• Review statutory financial statements and tax return and manage filings to Chamber of Commerce and tax authority.

• Coping with statutory audit by registered auditor and tax audit by tax authority.

• Supervise accountant for monthly closing and review monthly/quarterly/yearly financial statements and report it to Managements at Head quarter

• Maintain and continuously enhance Treasury Policy, procedures and ICFR/SOX controls; oversee audit requests and remediation actions.

• Ensure compliance with EMIR/UK EMIR, Dodd-Frank and other trade reporting regimes (as applicable), sanctions screening, and internal delegated authorities.

• Embed cyber, payment fraud and sanctions controls in end-to-end treasury processes.

• Systems, Data & Transformation

• Support product owner for TMS and related interfaces (ERP, SWIFT, market data, bank connectivity).

• Lead treasury transformation initiatives: bank rationalisation, in-house bank, payments factory, virtual accounts, and process automation (RPA/APIs).

• Establish robust data governance and KPI dashboards for liquidity, risk and performance.

• Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Manage, coach and develop a small team; cultivate a high-performance, control-focused culture.

• Partner with FP&A, Tax, Legal, Procurement, Shared Services and Business Units on M&A integrations, cash repatriation, and intercompany frameworks.

• Act as deputy to Head of Treasury when required.

What you bring to the team

We're looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of remote-hybrid work with 2-3 days in the Hitachi Office. The office location is Hitachi Europe Ltd, Botanica Ditton Park, Riding Court Road, Datchet, SL3 9LL

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 8-12+ years' relevant treasury experience in a multinational corporate (or a mix of corporate and banking).

• Demonstrable track record in liquidity management, FX/IR risk, cash forecasting, and bank relationship management.

• Strong knowledge of IFRS 9 hedge accounting and treasury controls (ICFR/SOX); experience with audit.

• Proficient with a leading TMS and ERP.

Skills & Behaviours

• Commercially astute with strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including with senior leadership and external banks.

• Meticulous control mindset with the ability to simplify and automate.

• Clear, concise communicator; strong drafting skills for policies and board materials.

• Inclusive people leader who coaches and builds bench strength.

Benefits Package

Along with a market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme, employees have the option to work flexibly in line with our hybrid working model and we would be happy to discuss this with you during the hiring process.

Company Funded Benefits

• Market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme

• Generous holiday entitlement - with the option to buy up to an additional week per year.

• A Holiday Banking scheme allowing you to bank untaken holiday to use another year.

• Group Personal Pension

• Private Medical Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programme available to all employees

• Personal Accident Insurance

Voluntary Benefits

• Cycle To Work scheme.

• Gym Membership

• Dental Insurance with option to include dependent children.

• Health screening

• Dining card

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn't impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge