Treasury & Payments Controller

Company Description

lastminute.com is the European Travel Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. It operates a portfolio of well-known brands such as lastminute.com, Volagratis, Rumbo, weg.de, Bravofly, Jetcost and Hotelscan. 

Our mission is to lead the travel industry by leveraging technology to simplify, personalise, and enhance our customers’ travel experience. Experts in brightening up online travel, we help our customers find and do "whatever makes them pink". 

We continuously invest in talented people who ensure our offering is closer to the needs of the customers and keep us at the cutting edge of technology evolution. More than 1,700 employees spread across our offices worldwide develop our own products and services to power the entire traveller journey for millions of people.

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

lastminute.com N.V. is a publicly-traded company listed under the ticker symbol LMN on the SIX Swiss Exchange. 

Job Description

The new Payments and Treasury department is looking for a Treasury & Payments Controller.

The role will directly report into the Head of Planning & Control, will be based in Chiasso and will be responsible for preparing key reporting requirements and forecasting, with a main focus on the Group Treasury & Payments areas, as well as supporting the business with ad hoc advice. This role is crucial in ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with relevant regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Monthly and quarterly closing and assist in bookkeeping for treasury-related activities including Investments, Debt, FX, Credit Cards and derivatives

- Drive standardisation in accounting and operational process controls for Treasury & Payments-related areas of accounting. Manage the accounting implementation in the new Treasury Management System (TMS).

- Inquiry and analysis of the impact on net financial items, adjusted net debt, transaction and translation exposure of different funding alternatives, and changes in the debt/derivative portfolio.

- Reporting: prepare and analyze cash flow reports, payment reports, and other treasury and payments-related reports for management. Provide insights and recommendations based on financial analysis. 

- Banking Relationships: Monitor terms, fees, and services to optimize the company's banking operations.

- Budget/forecast of Treasury & Payments KPIs. Perform monthly variance analyses and provide detailed commentary to senior stakeholders.

- Providing Investor Relations with analyses and presentation material on treasury-related items.

- Deferred payments: prepare and analyze deferred payments KPIs

- Hedge Accounting: manage and account for various hedge relationships across the Group, performing effectiveness testing and ensuring continued compliance with IFRS 9 and hedge accounting.

- Compliance: ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations, company policies, and industry standards. Keep up to date with changes in regulations and best practices in treasury management.

- Participation in the upgrade/development of the TMS

Qualifications

- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

- Minimum 2 years of experience in treasury, cash management, payment operations or finance controlling in a corporate or banking environment

- Strong understanding of cash management principles, payment systems, and banking products

- Excellent ability to analyze large amounts of data

- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with treasury management systems (TMS) is a strong plus

- Knowledge of Kyriba is a strong plus

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Knowledge of international financial regulations and compliance requirements.

- Fluency in English

Additional Information

What we offer

By joining our company, you will have the chance to:

• Join a dynamic team in an inclusive-international environment
• Grow thanks to the career journey and our internal mobility perspective
• Manage your own schedule thanks to the flexible start and end of the working day
• Work a shorter working week (36h), of which 4 hours on Friday morning
• Get focus time for learning, development and/or deep work on Friday mornings
• Work partially or fully remote according to local laws (for Italian residence max 25% of remote working in a year)
• Enjoy continuous training thanks to our company platform
• Benefit from employee discounts on travel
• Receive 2 days off per year for the purpose of volunteering
• Welfare platform (Corporate Benefits) where you will find dedicated discounts with more than 1500 partners