Who we are:
Established in 2012 Weybourne is the Single Family Office of the Dyson family. Weybourne Holdings is the family’s principal corporate group, covering consumer technology, farming, financial investments and real estate. The Group also provides financial and other professional support to the family, their Estates, and to their wider business interests. We currently have a team of around 75 employees, whose roles cover accountancy and financial control, tax and treasury, property and investment management, insurance, security, risk and governance, ESG, IT and HR.
How we work:
With an eye on the future, we work with a strong collective purpose to offer considered and practical advice to the family and their businesses. Acting in the Families best interest is, at all times, our primary focus. We are agile and nimble; we solve problems. Embracing a challenge is part of everyday life at Weybourne, and we are always up for a challenge! Courage of convictions and the drive to push new ideas though are qualities essential across all of our team.
The role is a key support to the CFO on bank relationship management and treasury management. It is supported by a team of two split between Singapore and the UK.
Overview - Role and Department:
The role provides strategic direction for the treasury function and is responsible for day to day treasury management and operation for the Group. The majority of the Group and the family’s business activities are carried out through corporate entities.
Key responsibilities:
- Management of external banking relationships, especially with regards to the family office’s operational banking.
- Ensure that the cash management arrangements operate as efficiently as possible and keep pace with the evolving environment both internally and externally to ensure the Groups liquidity needs are actively managed and met.
- Maintain suitable treasury policies and procedures to ensure appropriate controls and segregation of duties are in place that work effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure the cash investment portfolio within the Financing Entity is efficiently managed and invested given the company’s risk appetite and cash requirements.
- Ensure there is an appropriate and robust control and reporting framework in place for the portfolio to ensure effective and timely treasury reporting.
- Arrange external lending facilities as required to ensure flexibility for the Group and associated business entities including managing any foreign currency exposures.
- Provide timely and accurate cash forecasts and reporting to management and Group Reporting.
- Manage the Treasury team to ensure that treasury transactions are correctly accounted for and understood.
- Act as the business risk owner for the Financing Entity, managing risks and critical controls to ensure a robust treasury function.
- Co-ordinate the preparation of all Board papers for quarterly Financing Entity Board meetings.
- As required money market and regular foreign exchange dealing – contact with external financial institutions direct or via a variety of systems for deal execution.
- Management of intercompany loans/deposits and the administration, documentation and reporting thereof.
- Management of liquidity positions – liaison with the Finance Team and the family office businesses as well as Group concerning actual and forecast cash, identification of needs resulting in appropriate action and or trade execution.
- Assessment of treasury systems to determine an appropriate fit for the Group and family office treasury needs, working alongside the Systems Manager, implementing appropriate solutions.
- Treasury project work – as required.
- Prepare many of the papers which will be required in connection with the governance and control of the Treasury operations.
- Liaison with wider Group, subsidiary businesses and key parts of the Family Office.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Building strong and positive relationships throughout the Weybourne Group to promote effective and streamlined reporting, ensuring seamless collaboration when necessary.
- Displaying a dedicated commitment to self-improvement by actively seeking out training opportunities that enhance your role and skillset.
- Taking proactive measures to uphold exceptional work standards, taking the initiative to address any areas that do not meet requirements or raise concerns when necessary.
- Adhering to company policies, procedures, and embodying the core values of Weybourne in your conduct, ensuring alignment with the Finance team.
- Tackling miscellaneous tasks on an as-needed basis, showing flexibility and willingness to contribute beyond your core responsibilities.
- Experience of treasury operations in a multi-national and multi-currency group.
- Likely to be AMCT qualified or in the final stages of study for the qualification.
- University graduate with a business degree.
- Qualified accountant with business relevant experience from practice or commercial.
- Willingness to work in a less structured, fast moving, start-up environment.
- Willingness to use initiative in resolving operational issues.
- Ability to work as part of a team and show initiative to want to enhance processes and procedures.
- Able to juggle multiple workstreams simultaneously and deliver work on time.
- Effective, professional and diplomatic in dealing with colleagues, internal clients and third-parties.
- Willingness and ability to adapt quickly to new and unfamiliar challenges.
- Question the status quo, embrace new ideas, explore new methods to enhance processes.
- Senior member of the Global finance team able to deputise for the CFO where required.
