Transformation Manager for Treasury Operations · Starling

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:18:53 GMT
Finance

Starling · London · onsite

As the Transformation Manager for Treasury Operations, you will be the lead for change within the department. This is a SME-led role designed to bridge the gap between daily front-to-back operations and long-term strategic development.

You will own the transition from legacy infrastructure to modern, scalable platforms, ensuring that our Cash Management, FX, Derivatives, and Fixed Income processing remains efficient, with an effective control framework throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Project Leadership & SME Ownership: Serve as the primary lead for Treasury transformation, collaborating with Project Managers to steer initiatives from conception to go-live. Collaborate with stakeholders across Treasury and Finance.

End-to-End Lifecycle: Define business requirements (BRDs), build comprehensive test packs, and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure system integrity.

System Migration: Analyse, plan and manage the decommissioning of legacy systems and the migration to new systems - primarily MP TMS.

Strategic Planning: Identify key milestones and resource requirements while proactively managing the risk associated with migration and upgrades.

Process Engineering & Technology Integration:

Technical Collaboration: Partner with Engineering and IT teams to integrate advanced systems tools and process improvements that enhance the straight-through processing (STP) of the trade lifecycle.

Continuous Improvement: Review and maintain control environment to identify issues, minimise operational risk and potential Operational errors.

Control Frameworks: Assist in designing and implementing robust frameworks for new processes to ensure compliance with internal policy and regulatory standards.

Escalation: Lead on resolution for project-level obstacles, reporting directly to the Head of Treasury Operations.

Stakeholder Management & Culture:

Communication: Maintain transparent, high-level communication channels with internal stakeholders and where necessary external banking partners/suppliers.

Change: Foster a process improvement culture by providing coaching and hands-on training to the wider team to ensure adoption of new workflows and processes.

Requirements:

Treasury SME: Deep expertise in the trade lifecycle (Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX, and Collateral Management) within a UK Banking or Investment Banking environment.

Transformation Track Record: Proven history of leading system migrations, requirements gathering, and post-implementation reviews.

UAT: Vast experience building complex testing scripts and managing test execution phases.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

Project Delivery: Successful, on-time delivery of system upgrades with no business disruption.

Efficiency Gains: Measurable reduction in manual workarounds and an increase in automated processing rates.

Regulatory Alignment: Full adherence to risk standards and positive outcomes from internal/external audits.