<div class="earcuposdescription"><div class="earcuposdescriptionnote"><p><strong>Location &amp;&nbsp;working arrangement</strong></p><p><strong>Nuneaton | Hybrid | Fixed-term contract – approximately 6 months&nbsp;</strong></p><p>We offer hybrid working, with the role based at our Holland &amp; Barrett office in Nuneaton.</p><p><strong>Purpose of the role</strong></p><p>We need an experienced, hands-on financial controller with deep treasury and operational banking experience to build a strong banking resilience framework across the Group, starting with Ireland and continental Europe.</p><p>This is a delivery role with a fixed window. You will run several bank and payment-provider onboardings in parallel, get accounts live and integrated, keep cash and payments controlled while the business moves between providers, and leave the Group with a durable banking structure and a clear treasury policy.</p><p>You will work with senior bankers, compliance teams, external lawyers and our shareholder's treasury team. You will also be in the detail: KYC packs, payment files, bank mandates and reconciliations.</p><p><strong>Key accountabilities</strong></p><p><strong>Banking resilience framework and new relationships (about 45%)</strong></p><ul><li>Design and implement a Group banking resilience framework: target banking structure per market, primary and secondary providers, and clear contingency triggers. Ireland and continental Europe first, then the UK.</li><li>Run parallel onboarding with banks, EMIs and payment providers across several jurisdictions, from first contact to live account.</li><li>Own every KYC, AML, UBO and enhanced due diligence submission. Turn round bank questions within 24 hours.</li><li>Build and keep current one reusable onboarding pack: structure chart, UBO position, legal opinions, financials, expected flows and volumes.</li><li>Work with external counsel, Legal and Tax so every submission is accurate and consistent.</li><li>Keep a single tracker of every provider, its stage, blockers and next action.</li></ul><p><strong>Treasury operations and integration (about 30%)</strong></p><ul><li>Get new accounts working end to end: online banking, mandates and signatories, payment file formats from the ERP, SEPA and bulk payroll payments, card and cash settlement redirection.</li><li>Run daily cash positioning across all providers and manage concentration and counterparty limits.</li><li>Review FX hedging counterparties and keep hedges in line with policy.</li><li>Make sure every flow through a new provider is reconciled, controlled and audit-ready.</li><li>Refresh the Group treasury policy, including counterparty, concentration and banking contingency rules.</li></ul><p><strong> Group banking resilience (about 15%)</strong></p><ul><li>Review every banking, payment and card-acquiring relationship in the UK, Ireland and Benelux for continuity risk, including renewal and KYC review dates.</li><li>Put a tested contingency in place for each critical relationship.</li><li>Support any wider supplier or counterparty work where banking or payments are affected.</li></ul><p><strong> Payroll (about 10%)</strong></p><ul><li>Make sure payroll in every country can be funded and paid on time through the new arrangements.</li><li>Review payroll controls, reconciliations and statutory compliance across the UK, Ireland and Benelux.</li></ul><p><strong>How you will work</strong></p><ul><li>Report weekly to the CFO and Director of Financial Control, and same day on anything material.</li><li>Prepare the written updates that banking partners and our shareholder ask for.</li><li>Hand everything over documented: relationships, procedures, tracker and policy.</li></ul><p><strong>Deliverables</strong></p><p>Each deliverable has a pass/fail test, counted from the start date.</p><ol><li><strong>Week 2:</strong> Single banking tracker live and one reusable onboarding pack complete. A new bank can be sent a full pack the same day it asks.</li><li><strong>Week 4:</strong> Framework and target banking structure agreed for Ireland and continental Europe. A secondary provider is live in each, with payroll, supplier payments and card and cash receipts able to flow, and daily reconciliation in place.</li><li><strong>Month 3:</strong> Target structure live and integrated in Ireland and continental Europe, with primary and secondary providers in each.</li><li><strong>Month 4:</strong> Framework extended to the UK, with a tested contingency for every critical banking, payment and card-acquiring relationship. Treasury policy refresh approved.</li><li><strong>Month 5:</strong> Payroll operating model review and recommendation delivered, covering Benelux and the UK.</li><li><strong>Month 6:</strong> Handover complete: procedures, relationship owners, tracker and policy. No banking process depends on the CFO or Director of Financial Control personally.</li></ol><p><strong>Skills and experience</strong></p><p><strong>Essential</strong></p><ul><li>Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a financial control background and significant time in treasury and operational banking.</li><li>Has personally led corporate bank account openings through enhanced due diligence, in more than one jurisdiction.</li><li>Hands-on treasury operations: bank portals, mandates, payment file formats, SEPA and bulk payments, cash positioning, FX hedging.</li><li>Knows the difference between credit institutions, EMIs and agency banking models, and what each means for safeguarding, IBANs and continuity.</li><li>Working knowledge of UK, EU, US and Canadian sanctions regimes, and of working alongside sanctions counsel.</li><li>Experience in private equity or privately owned groups with multi-entity structures.</li><li>Available to start within two weeks and to travel at short notice.</li></ul><p><strong>Desirable</strong></p><ul><li>Banking relationships in Ireland and continental Europe.</li><li>Experience of migrating banking providers at pace.</li><li>Experience in payroll operations or transformation, including outsourcing or in-housing of payroll, ideally with Netherlands or Belgium exposure.</li><li>ERP payment integration (Unit4 or similar).</li><li>Multi-site retail with card-acquiring and cash-collection flows.</li></ul><p><strong>What we need you to be like</strong></p><ul><li>Moves fast without cutting corners on compliance.</li><li>Calm with senior bankers and comfortable chasing them daily.</li><li>Writes clearly: a bank or a board can read your update once and act.</li></ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p><strong>Holidays</strong></p><ul><li>33 days, including bank holidays</li><li>Holiday purchase scheme</li></ul><p><strong>Health &amp; Wellbeing</strong></p><ul><li>24/7 Virtual GP access</li><li>Private medical insurance – Self &amp; partner cover</li><li>Annual free at-home health testing kit (after 6 months' service)</li><li>Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and a network of Mental Health First Aiders whenever you need support</li></ul><p><strong>Financial Wellbeing</strong></p><ul><li>Enhanced workplace pension via salary sacrifice, with employer contribution</li><li>Life assurance (3x salary, after 6 months' service)</li></ul><p><strong>Reward</strong></p><ul><li>Annual Bonus (subject to company and individual performance) up to 33%</li><li>Car Allowance</li><li>£50 Colleague product allowance on Holland &amp; Barrett products (after 6 months' service)</li></ul><p><strong>Lifestyle &amp; Everyday Benefits</strong></p><ul><li>Access to cashback and discounts from a wide range of retailers</li><li>25% colleague discount, available in store and online, with free delivery on online orders</li><li>Free Wellhub membership, with discounted access to gyms, studios and premium wellbeing apps</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li></ul><p>For this fixed-term position, the bonus is only applicable if the individual starts before the 1st July and is employed at the time payment is made. Eligibility criteria must be met.</p><p><strong>Call to action</strong></p><p>If you have the treasury and operational banking experience to take ownership of this assignment and deliver within a defined timeframe, we'd like to hear from you.</p><p><strong>About Holland &amp; Barrett</strong></p><p>At Holland &amp; Barrett, we exist to make health and wellness a way of life for everyone, adding quality years to life.</p><p>We've been trusted for more than 150 years, combining our expertise with a commitment to making wellness simpler and more accessible.</p><p><strong>Inclusion &amp; accessibility statement</strong></p><p>We want Holland &amp; Barrett to be a place where everyone feels welcome, respected and able to contribute.</p><p>Different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives make better teams and better decisions. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement listed.</p><p>If you need any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.</p><p><strong>#LI-Hybrid</strong></p></div></div>