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Group Treasurer - BPL

London, United Kingdom

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Date live: 29/04/2026

Business Area: Finance

Area of Expertise: Finance

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000109309

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Barclays Finance

As part of the Finance team, you'll help shape Barclays' financial strategy through accounting, budgeting, financial forecasting, and analysis. Your expertise will support management, cash and debt management, and insurance, driving the financial health and success of the organisation.

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Purpose of the Role:

The Head of Treasury is responsible for providing both strategic and operational leadership to safeguard Barclaycard Payments’ liquidity, funding, and risk management. The role ensures the business maintains adequate financial resources to meet its obligations, actively manages market risks through effective hedging, and delivers robust cash structures across multiple currencies at optimal rates. In addition, the Head of Treasury implements risk mitigation strategies to support sustainable growth, secures regulatory compliance, and upholds the financial resilience of the organisation.

Mission of the Role

To build and continuously enhance a robust Barclaycard Payments treasury operating model that safeguards liquidity and financial resilience, optimises funding and cash structures, manages market and counterparty risks, and enables scalable growth through strong governance, technology-led execution, and regulatory compliance, across all entities and jurisdictions.

  • Set treasury strategy, governance, policies, limits, and reporting across all entities and jurisdictions
  • Lead liquidity and cash management, including forecasting, stress testing, and liquidity KPIs
  • Optimise funding and capital structure, including intercompany funding and capital repatriation
  • Manage market and financial risks (FX, interest rate), including hedging strategy, execution, and oversight
  • Drive treasury technology, automation, and MI (TMS, APIs, dashboards, AI-enabled forecasting)
  • Ensure regulatory and prudential compliance, and act as trusted advisor to the CFO/CEO/Board on treasury matters

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Treasury Governance

  • Develop and execute the Barclaycard Payments Treasury Strategy aligned with overall financial, risk, and business objectives.
  • Establish a central treasury governance framework defining policies, procedures, limits, and approval authorities across subsidiaries.
  • Design and maintain the Barclaycard Payments Liquidity Policy, Funding Policy, and Investment Policy, ensuring alignment with local regulatory requirements.

Liquidity & Cash Management

  • Development and implementation of liquidity strategies to optimise the bank's cost of capital and utilisation of various funding instruments, to raise funds efficiently and at favourable rates.
  • Optimisation of the bank's liquidity position by management of cash inflows and outflows, maintenance of adequate reserves, and investment of excess funds effectively.
  • Oversee cash forecasting in line with the business reporting cycles, leveraging tools and predictive analytics.
  • Define and monitor liquidity KPIs appropriate for the business and maintain appropriate stress testing models.
  • Work with the Head of Finance Operations to execute the liquidity & cash management strategy in an efficient and automated manner, including the management of external parties such as banking partners.

Investment & Financial Risk Management

  • Assessment of the bank's exposure to various financial risks, and development and implementation of risk management strategies to mitigate potential losses and maintain the bank's financial stability.
  • Design and implement FX, interest rate, and market risk hedging strategies (e.g., forwards, swaps).
  • Ensure ongoing monitoring and mitigation of counterparty, credit, and concentration risks.
  • Lead the development of a Treasury Risk Dashboard integrated with the Risk Management function.

Corporate Finance and Funding

  • Evaluation of the most cost-effective sources of funding, and negotiate and structure funding arrangements with counterparties, such as investors and banks.
  • Optimisation of the bank's capital structure to support the bank's growth and profitability objectives, including management of the bank's exposure to regulatory capital requirements.
  • Preparation and presentation of accurate and timely financial statements to reflect the bank's financial position and performance, and analysis of financial data to identify trends, assess performance, and make informed strategic decisions.

Technology, Innovation & Transformation

  • Develop the Treasury business requirements and partner with the Finance Transformation Director to deliver system based solutions for Treasury management.
  • Partner with CPTO, in particular the Settlement, Treasury & Reconciliation Value Stream, to develop innovative solutions for customers that fit within the Treasury and business strategy.
  • Champion digital treasury innovation: adoption of APIs, AI-based forecasting, data analytics, and centralised dashboards.

Team Leadership & Development

  • Build and lead a high-performing treasury team across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Develop talent through structured learning, performance management, and succession planning.
  • Foster a culture of discipline, integrity, collaboration, and innovation within the finance community.

Candidate Profile

Academic Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or Business Administration from a reputable institution.
  • Professional certification preferred: ACT (Association of Corporate Treasurers), CFA, CTP, or equivalent.

Experience

  • Significant experience in treasury, financial risk management.
  • Significant experience in a senior treasury leadership role within payment acquiring, digital banking, fintech or digital payments.
  • Proven record in multi-currency treasury management, cross-border liquidity, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.
  • Proven record in capital and liquidity management.

Technical Competencies

  • Deep knowledge of treasury operations, cash management, ALM, FX, derivatives, and investment management.
  • Advanced proficiency with Treasury Management Systems (e.g., Kyriba, FIS, SAP TRM).
  • Strong command of IFRS, Basel III liquidity principles, and local prudential regulations.
  • Solid understanding of fintech payment ecosystems, Card Scheme flows, and settlement risk.

Behavioral Competencies

  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
  • High integrity, reliability, and ethical standards.
  • Leadership presence with excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
  • Excellent command of English
  • Agility and resilience in fast-changing, multicultural environments.
  • Collaborative and solution-oriented mindset.

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients.

In April 2025, we announced a long-term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients. Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve-outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long-term growth.

Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years. Performance-linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long-term commitment to the transformation. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand and acting as the sole payments acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years. 

For more information on our partnership with Brookfield, please visit Barclays.com.

Purpose of the role

To manage the bank's liquidity, funding, and risk profile and maintaining sufficient funds in the bank to meet its obligations and that it is properly hedged against market risks.  

Accountabilities

  • Development and implementation of investment strategies that support the bank's financial objectives, considering risk-return trade-offs and market conditions.
  • Development and implementation of liquidity strategies to optimise the bank's cost of capital and utilisation of various funding instruments, to raise funds efficiently and at favourable rates.
  • Optimisation of the bank's liquidity position by management of cash inflows and outflows, maintenance of adequate reserves, and investment of excess funds effectively.
  • Evaluation of the most cost-effective sources of funding, and negotiate and structure funding arrangements with counterparties, such as investors and banks.
  • Assessment of the bank's exposure to various financial risks, and development and implementation of risk management strategies to mitigate potential losses and maintain the bank's financial stability.
  • Optimisation of the bank's capital structure to support the bank's growth and profitability objectives, including management of the bank's exposure to regulatory capital requirements.
  • Preparation and presentation of accurate and timely financial statements to reflect the bank's financial position and performance, and analysis of financial data to identify trends, assess performance, and make informed strategic decisions.

Director Expectations

  • To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
  • They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
  • Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
  • Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
  • Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
  • Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
  • Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
  • Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
  • Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
  • Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
  • Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
  • Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

This is Barclays London

Our global HQ is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. There are over 10,000 colleagues here – a hugely diverse workforce made up of the world’s best financial and tech talent. If you love the buzz of city life, this is the place to be.

Cycle or run to work? We’ve got everything you need – from cycle hire and parking areas to new showering and changing facilities.

CoSpace is our drop-in co-working space, where networks are built, problems are solved collectively and our community is strengthened.

Our Wellness Suite includes a well-equipped gym and exercise studios, and provides personal training sessions and massage therapy.

Our new trading floors enhance communication, integrate sustainability, and support health and wellbeing through innovative design and British-sourced furniture.

This is Barclays London

Our global HQ is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. There are over 10,000 colleagues here – a hugely diverse workforce made up of the world’s best financial and tech talent. If you love the buzz of city life, this is the place to be.

Supporting active commuters

Cycle or run to work? We’ve got everything you need – from cycle hire and parking areas to new showering and changing facilities.

Time to connect

CoSpace is our drop-in co-working space, where networks are built, problems are solved collectively and our community is strengthened.

Wellbeing in focus

Our Wellness Suite includes a well-equipped gym and exercise studios, and provides personal training sessions and massage therapy.

Advanced trading floors

Our new trading floors enhance communication, integrate sustainability, and support health and wellbeing through innovative design and British-sourced furniture.

Multicultural ERGs at Barclays

Be you. Be valued. Belong.

We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success.

You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our Inclusion and Opportunities page.

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Working flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.

Hybrid working

We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience.
And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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