Defra Group Finance Cash Manager
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £42,655 to £50,495 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £42,665 - £46,765 London: £46,060 - £50,495 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Peterborough |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 447466/4 |
Summary
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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