RWS

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our unique combination of technology and cultural expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.  

Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance, and gain actionable insights into their data and content.  

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all of the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.  

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).  

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About Group Finance

In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.  

It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support. 

 

Job Purpose

RWS is recruiting a Head of Treasury who will assume responsibility for a range of corporate treasury projects, ranging from cashflow forecasting, cash management, treasury operations, FX and treasury risk management. 

You will report to the Group Financial Controller and work within the wider treasury team to execute treasury activities and deliver process improvements which are critical to the strategy of RWS.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the management of the Group’s day-to-day treasury operation to meet regulatory and internal requirements
• Optimising the deployment of excess capital and liquidity to meet expected risk and return profiles
• Manage the day-to-day multi-currency treasury investment portfolios, across money market funds and bank deposits
• Assessing and streamlining the Group’s bank account footprint and proposing ways to implement improvements
• Producing short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting to support decision making on cash investments
• Working with Group Finance to ensure operations and risk management follow Group Policies & Procedures
• Establish and embed new processes and procedures for the Treasury function that can be rolled out across the wider group, including the centralisation of divisional treasury teams. 
• Working closely with other departments including the Audit, Financial Accounting and Regulatory Reporting teams, and the wider business

 

Skills & Experience

• 8+ years’ experience in a treasury function
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business-related discipline
• Strong English Language skills
• AMCT Qualified (Preferred) 
• Previous experience and strong understanding of treasury management practices within a corporate environment, particularly in developing and implementing treasury processes and controls
• Strong analytical mindset with a “hands on/ can do” approach 
• Good interpersonal and communication skills across all levels of management
• 1-2 years of people management experience with the ability to effectively direct and prioritise work of others
• Excellent attention to detail, commitment to accuracy and quality

 

 

Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. 

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.  

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.