Acquisition Integration Cash-Control Leader

The mandate

The first combined payment run after acquisition paid duplicate supplier records, routed urgent files around new approval limits and revealed that bank access for two acquired entities had not transferred. Regional payroll was funded through emergency intercompany movements. The integration treasury director was removed after the committee discovered that reported cash included restricted and operationally inaccessible balances.

The interim must take onsite Sydney leadership within seven days and serve for twelve months through bank migration and two clean quarterly cycles. Search for a permanent integration treasury leader opens after all critical entities meet access and payment-control evidence, expected in month six. The successor will command one payment incident, weekly liquidity forecast and bank-authority review during a five-week overlap.

Handover requires legal-entity bank and cash ownership, verified signatories, accessible liquidity classification, supplier-master controls, payment approval and release segregation, payroll contingencies and reconciled daily cash. Two payment rehearsals and three closes must operate without emergency override. The successor receives bank actions, access exceptions, duplicate recoveries, cash restrictions, fraud risks and transition deadlines.

The interim may freeze a payment file, revoke delegated treasury access, require supplier revalidation, redirect cash-control resources and commit up to AUD 16 million within the integration budget. Borrowing, hedging, dividend, acquisition funding, supplier commercial settlement and payments above delegated thresholds stay with authorised officers. Emergency payroll funding follows committee-approved routes.

Enterprise ERP convergence, procurement transformation, debt refinancing, tax structuring and operating integration outside cash and payment controls remain out of scope. The seat owns acquisition cash visibility, bank authority, payment governance, liquidity forecasting, finance handoffs and succession. It cannot centralise every treasury decision merely because acquired processes differ.

Why this seat is open

The duplicate run and inaccessible cash created an immediate payroll, fraud and reporting exposure, then the responsible leader departed. Acquired teams protect local practices while group treasury assumes access it does not yet possess. Temporary control authority is needed to stabilise cash through live cycles and leave a permanent operating model.

What you will own

• Reconcile every bank account, restricted balance, signatory, token, mandate and legal-entity owner across acquired operations.
• Stabilise supplier masters, payment proposals, approvals, file release, bank confirmation and duplicate-recovery controls.
• Classify cash by legal ownership, accessibility, operational need, restriction, currency and forecast availability.
• Establish daily liquidity, payroll contingency, intercompany funding and escalation across operating regions.
• Exercise compromised credentials, bank cut-off, duplicate supplier, inaccessible cash and urgent payroll scenarios.
• Sequence bank and payment migration around local obligations, cyber control, close timetable and business continuity.
• Transfer account registers, access evidence, forecast controls, incident history and remaining bank actions through successor-led cycles.

Candidate qualifications

• Held executive treasury control through a multi-country acquisition involving bank, payment, payroll and cash-pooling integration.
• Recovered duplicate or unauthorised payment exposure while preserving regional payroll and critical supplier continuity.
• Distinguished reported, restricted, trapped and operationally accessible cash across acquired legal entities and currencies.
• Migrated bank mandates and digital access with strong approval segregation, identity verification and incident response.
• Built reliable daily and weekly liquidity forecasting from acquired businesses with uneven finance maturity.
• Handed integrated cash control to permanent leadership after observed payment, close and payroll-contingency cycles.

Non-negotiables

• Can assume onsite Sydney leadership within seven days and maintain continuous escalation for critical payments.
• Will accept exclusive executive accountability for acquired cash visibility, bank access and payment control.
• Brings multi-country acquisition treasury integration; routine cash management or ERP deployment alone is insufficient.
• Must disclose relationships with group banks, payment providers, acquired entities, suppliers and transaction advisers.

1. 49 words maximum. Describe an acquisition payment failure where accessible cash differed materially from reported cash.
2. 49 words maximum. Which bank-access evidence must exist before an acquired entity enters a combined payment run?
3. 49 words maximum. State your Sydney availability and the largest cash integration you personally controlled.