JLL UK | Senior Treasury Manager - Cash Specialist (EMEA)

Key responsibilities

• Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.
• The successful candidate will lead a comprehensive review of the existing banking and pooling architecture, redesigning it into a more efficient, scalable, and strategically aligned structure that supports global treasury objectives and banking relationship strategies.
• This role requires a hands‑on cash specialist with strong project management capabilities, deep knowledge of cash pooling and centralisation tools, and the ability to drive automation and process improvement across a largely manual environment.
• The Treasury Manager will also manage a team of two based out of Poland, responsible for daily operations, providing training, guidance, and technical upskilling.
• Lead the review, redesign, and optimisation of the EMEA banking structure and six existing cash pools.
• Develop a future‑state cash pooling and centralisation model aligned with global treasury strategy and global banking relationship allocations.
• Ensure the EMEA banking footprint supports business needs, client account requirements, and efficient liquidity management.
• Evaluate and rationalise bank accounts, pooling structures, and intercompany cash flows to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
• Oversee monthly cash centralisation processes and ensure timely, accurate movement of funds across the region.
• Identify and eliminate manual steps, implementing automation and technology‑driven solutions.
• Implement sweep structures and concentration mechanisms to minimise non-earning balances and reduce external borrowing requirements.
• Drive adoption of treasury technologies, cash management tools, and integration with the TMS and ERP landscape.
• Lead and deliver treasury projects related to cash pooling, bank rationalisation, system enhancements, and process transformation.
• Coordinate with global treasury, IT, finance, and banking partners to ensure successful execution.
• Prepare business cases, project plans, and implementation roadmaps.
• Manage day‑to‑day interactions with regional banking partners in relation to this role.
• Support global treasury in aligning EMEA banking activities with global relationship strategies and wallet distribution.
• Ensure banking services meet operational, regulatory, and commercial requirements.
• Provide training, coaching, and technical guidance to the Cash Manager responsible for daily operations.
• Build treasury capability within the team and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert for cash pooling, liquidity structures, and banking operations.
• Improved liquidity visibility, control, and operational efficiency across the region.
• Reports to: EMEA Regional Treasurer
• Sitting within the EMEA regional treasury team, this role focuses on the strategic and operational management of the region’s banking structure, cash pooling framework, and cash centralisation processes.
• Champion continuous improvement and challenge legacy processes and structures

Requirements

• Strong experience in cash pooling (physical and notional), cash centralisation, and liquidity structures.
• Solid understanding of global and regional banking environments, including account structures, payment channels, and regulatory considerations.
• Hands‑on experience with treasury management systems, cash management tools, and automation technologies.
• Proven ability to redesign banking structures and implement efficient cash pooling solutions.
• Experience in a large multinational corporation with complex banking and cash structures.
• Demonstrated success in leading treasury or cash‑related projects end‑to‑end.
• Background in process improvement and automation within treasury or finance.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a strategic mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical treasury concepts for non‑treasury stakeholders.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members with less treasury experience.
• Strong alignment between EMEA banking activities and global banking strategy.
• Experience managing and upskilling teams
• Experience managing or influencing banking relationships

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated

JLL took its present form in 1999, when LaSalle Partners of Chicago merged with Jones Lang Wootton, a London property firm with roots in the eighteenth century, to create Jones Lang LaSalle. It has used the shorter name JLL since 2014. Headquartered in Chicago and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it works for property owners, occupiers and investors, handling leasing, capital markets deals, property and facility management, and project and development services, and it manages real estate investments through LaSalle Investment Management, alongside a technology business.

• Industry: Commercial real estate services and investment management: leasing, capital markets, property and facility management, project management and real estate technology
• Headquarters: Chicago, United States (Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, listed on the NYSE as JLL)