Head of Treasury, Railsr
+ Potential for equity
Embedded finance experiences platform
Job no longer available
Embedded finance experiences platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Potential for equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make finance an amazing experience everywhere in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Excellent Communicator. Beyond knowing what to say and how to say it, you communicate effectively across the experience / management spectrum, can ‘translate’ between technical and non-technical teams, and can empathetically communicate a customer’s pain to internal Railsbank teams
- Technical. Several years experience in a payments function in a FinTech, Bank,Asset Management Company, or Audit/Consulting Firm
- Passionate. You are passionate about helping your customers maximise the benefits of Railsbank and understand the importance of success to the account and the individual
- Energetic and Creative. Energy and enthusiasm are your hallmarks; you love the creative process and think outside-the-box, wowing people with your interesting angles and quality work
- Resilient. You’re able to withstand and recover quickly from difficult situations
- Market aware. Good knowledge of today’s major financial services, open banking and payments technologies, players and major up-and-coming trends
- Adaptable. Dynamic approach adapting to changing requirements with the ability to manage multiple opportunities concurrently
- Full understanding of currencies management, currencies trading and FX exposure
- Working knowledge of the FCA’s safeguarding or CASS requirements
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Attention to detail and proactivity essential
- Exceptional Excel skills
- Previous experience within Treasury including cash forecasting and bank reconciliations
- Global treasury exposure would be highly desirable
- Thorough approach to work
- Strong experience in change management and tools required to review and update processes
What the job involves
- You will be a key member of the Group Finance team, reporting into the CFO
- The Head of Treasury's prime responsibility will be to effectively manage both safeguarded and corporate funds, maximising interest income, carrying out detailed cash scenario models including the review and oversight of the daily safeguarding reconciliations
- The role will also have responsibility for ensuring that Treasury comply with legal, regulatory policy and both internal and external reporting requirements, as well as having responsibility for Treasury Management Systems
- Treasury operations oversee the management of internal and external cash flows (physical and non-physical)
- Cash Management:
- Monitor daily cash flow and liquidity positions
- Manage banking relationship and optimise cash management system
- Evaluate and streamline the current structure of bank accounts, analyse and propose the most efficient use of Liquidity Providers
- Maximise interest revenue from safeguarded and corporate funds
- Evaluate and propose for implementation treasury management system
- Finance and investment:
- Develop and implement investment strategies for safeguarded and segregated cash funds (£1B plus), in line with the FCA rules and regulations
- Analyse investment opportunities and recommend appropriate actions
- Risk Management:
- Identify, assess and mitigate financial risks related to currency, interest rates and credit
- Implement hedging strategies and monitor their effectiveness
- Work closely with the Dealing team on strengthening policies and controls relating to margin management, liquidity and credit risks
- Reporting and Compliance:
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of cash positions and treasury activities
- Oversee compliance with financial regulators and internal policies
- Strategy Development:
- Collaborate with senior management to develop financial strategies that support business objectives
- Provide insights and forecasts on cash-flow trends to aid decision making
- Team Leadership:
- Lead, strengthen and mentor the treasury team, fostering professional development and operational excellence
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As businesses expand online, they have opportunities to be able to build and sell various financial services or add fintech features to their existing products. Railsr (formerly Railsbank) facilitates companies doing this easily, where it would previously have been a huge undertaking.
Traditionally, the complexities of legacy technology and processes, and managing global compliance, have created a slow, complex and costly experience for customers. Through Railsr's Open Banking Platform and APIs, financial innovators have the means of creating the financial services, products and experiences their clients want.
In 2022, the company benefitted from the embedded finance boom and raised a large funding round to support its ongoing expansion efforts. Unfortunately, in the year to follow, it had to undertake an emergency sale and shift of control, though this was positively regarded as a chance to "rebuild momentum". As of early 2026, the company is reported to be combining with Equals, another embedded finance fintech - though the exact details of this new entity are yet to be announced.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2023
$24m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2022
$26m
SERIES C
Total funding: $171.3m
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Philippe Morel
(Co-CEO (EqualsRailsr))CEO of Railsr from 2023 to 2025. Was the CEO of SETL for four years. Previously Principal Investment Leader (EMEA) at Boston Consulting Group.
Ian Strafford-Taylor
(Co-CEO (EqualsRailsr))CEO of Equals since 2019.
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