United Kingdom · Finance roles · C-Suite / Executive (20+ years)

VP, Global Treasury & Payments

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandC-Suite / Executive (20+ years)
Reports toChief Financial Officer (CFO)
UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as Chief Payments Officer · Group Head of Treasury & Payments · Executive Director, Enterprise Payments

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1What this role really is

This isn't just a job; it's about owning the entire flow of money for a major enterprise. You'll be the ultimate authority on how we handle every pound that comes in and goes out, from customer payments to global treasury operations. We're talking about shaping the company's financial future, ensuring we're robust, efficient, and ready for whatever the market throws at us. It's a high-stakes game, frankly, and you'll be at the heart of it, reporting directly to the CFO and regularly engaging with the Board.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Enterprise Treasury Management Systems (e.g., Trovata, Kyriba)Expert

Defining system requirements, overseeing implementation, and leveraging for strategic cash forecasting, liquidity management, and risk hedging across the global enterprise.

Advanced ERP Systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA Finance, Oracle Fusion Cloud)Expert

Strategic oversight of how payment and treasury data integrates into the general ledger, sub-ledgers, and financial reporting, ensuring data integrity and auditability.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Platforms (e.g., Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning)Advanced

Using these platforms to model the financial impact of strategic payment initiatives, assess budget allocations, and drive long-range financial planning.

Business Intelligence & Board Reporting Tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, custom executive dashboards)Advanced

Defining the key metrics and visualisations for executive and board-level reporting, ensuring clear, actionable insights are presented.

Global Payment Orchestration Platforms (e.g., Spreedly, Primer)Advanced

Architecting the strategic use of these platforms to optimise payment routing, manage multiple acquirers, and enhance resilience and cost efficiency across markets.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Global Payments & Treasury Strategy	N/A	N/A	N/A
P&L Management (Payments & Treasury)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Major Vendor Contract Negotiation	N/A	N/A	N/A
Organisational Design & Talent	N/A	N/A	N/A
Regulatory Compliance & Risk Posture	N/A	N/A	N/A

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Total Cost of Acceptance (TCOA)

The overall cost of processing all payments, including interchange, scheme fees, processor fees, fraud losses, and operational overhead, expressed as a percentage of Total Processing Volume (TPV).

Target · Reduce TCOA by 5-10 basis points (0.05% - 0.10%) year-on-year.

If our TPV is £1BN, a 5bps reduction means £500,000 in direct savings. You'd present a Q4 report showing TCOA at 0.85% vs. 0.90% in Q4 last year, directly attributing the saving to strategic vendor renegotiations and interchange optimisation.

Enterprise Fraud Loss Rate

The total value of confirmed fraud losses (after chargebacks) as a percentage of Total Processing Volume (TPV) across all channels and geographies.

Target · Maintain fraud losses below 0.08% of TPV, even with aggressive growth in high-risk markets.

You'd present to the Risk Committee, showing TPV increased by 20% in Q2, but fraud losses remained at 0.07%, demonstrating the effectiveness of your fraud prevention strategy despite increased exposure.

Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) Optimisation

The time it takes for the company to convert its investments in inventory and accounts receivable into cash, with a focus on optimising payment settlement and payout processes.

Target · Reduce CCC by 5-7 days annually through strategic treasury and payments initiatives.

You'd show how implementing faster payment rails in key markets and optimising our treasury management system has shaved 6 days off our CCC, freeing up £10M in working capital that quarter.

Strategic Vendor Negotiation Savings

The direct financial savings achieved through renegotiating contracts with payment processors, banking partners, and fraud prevention vendors.

Target · Secure >£2M in annualised savings from strategic vendor contracts.

After a comprehensive review and competitive tender, you'd finalise a new multi-year contract with our primary payment gateway, demonstrating a projected saving of £2.5M over the next 12 months compared to the previous agreement.

Revenue Uplift from Payment Optimisation

Quantifiable incremental revenue generated by improving authorisation rates, reducing false positives, and introducing new, relevant alternative payment methods (APMs).

Target · Attribute >£5M in incremental annual revenue directly to payment strategy initiatives.

You'd report to the Board that by rolling out three new local APMs in Southeast Asia and tuning fraud rules, we saw a 3% increase in conversion in those markets, translating to £6.2M in additional revenue this year.

Board & Investor Confidence

The level of trust and confidence the Board and external investors have in our financial risk management, treasury operations, and payment strategy.

Regularly invited to present to the Board on financial stability and strategic initiatives
positive feedback from investor calls regarding our financial controls
proactive engagement from board members on treasury and payment matters
no unexpected audit findings related to payments or treasury.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Posture

Our ability to consistently meet global regulatory requirements and maintain a robust, proactive stance against financial crime and operational risks within payments and treasury.

Zero material findings in regulatory audits related to payments, AML, or KYC
successful implementation of new regulatory frameworks (e.g., PSD3 readiness)
positive internal audit reports
proactive identification and mitigation of emerging financial risks
clear, well-communicated policies and procedures across the organisation.

Strategic Partnership Effectiveness

The strength and productivity of our relationships with key banking partners, payment networks, and FinTech innovators, ensuring we have access to the best solutions and market intelligence.

Regular, high-level strategic review meetings with key partners leading to joint innovation projects
favourable commercial terms and service level agreements
early access to new payment technologies and regulatory insights
partners view us as a 'client of choice' for collaboration
successful co-development of new payment solutions.

Organisational Talent & Succession Planning

The effectiveness of building and nurturing a world-class team within Treasury and Payments, ensuring strong leadership, deep expertise, and clear succession pathways.

High retention rate for critical talent within your function
successful internal promotions to leadership roles
strong external reputation for attracting top payments and treasury professionals
robust talent development programmes in place
clear succession plans for key roles presented to HR and the CEO.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Shaping Enterprise Strategy

You'll spend your days in strategic discussions with the CEO, CFO, and other C-suite leaders, defining the company's financial future. This isn't about executing someone else's plan; it's about creating it.

Leading the strategic review of our global cash management policy, presenting recommendations to the Board, and then overseeing its implementation across all business units.

Driving Multi-Million Pound Impact

Your decisions will directly influence our P&L by tens of millions of pounds, whether through cost savings, revenue uplift, or capital efficiency. You'll see the tangible financial results of your leadership.

Successfully renegotiating a multi-year contract with a major payment processor, resulting in £3M+ in annualised savings, and presenting this win to the investor community.

Building High-Performing Teams

You'll be mentoring, developing, and empowering a large, diverse team of payments and treasury professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. Seeing your team members grow and succeed will be a core satisfaction.

Sponsoring a new leadership development programme for your Directors, leading to two internal promotions to key strategic roles within 18 months.

What frustrates people

Organisational inertia when trying to implement large-scale strategic changes.
Balancing the short-term demands of the market with long-term strategic investments.
Navigating complex regulatory landscapes across dozens of jurisdictions.
Managing the expectations of diverse stakeholders (Board, investors, business units) who often have competing priorities.
The relentless cat-and-mouse game with sophisticated financial fraudsters.

What this role does not give you

A quiet, predictable routine with minimal external scrutiny.
The ability to make unilateral decisions without extensive stakeholder alignment and board approval.
A focus on individual, hands-on task execution rather than strategic oversight and team leadership.
An environment free from high-stakes financial and reputational pressure.

6Who you work with

This role directly shapes the financial resilience, operational efficiency, and strategic agility of the entire enterprise. You're accountable for safeguarding our assets, optimising cash flow, mitigating financial risks, and ensuring our payment capabilities enable global expansion and revenue growth. Your decisions will influence multi-million pound P&L lines, investor confidence, and our overall market standing.

Inside the business

CEO and Executive Leadership Team
Board of Directors (especially Audit & Risk Committees)
Legal & Compliance
Product & Engineering Leadership
Sales & Marketing Leadership
Risk Management
Internal Audit

Outside the business

Payment Networks (Visa, Mastercard, Amex)
Key Payment Processors (Stripe, Adyen, etc.)
Major Banking Partners & Financial Institutions
Regulatory Bodies (FCA, Bank of England, international equivalents)
Investors and Analysts
Industry Associations & Thought Leaders

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

20+ years of progressive experience in finance, with at least 10-12 years in senior leadership roles within global payments, treasury, or financial operations for a large, complex organisation.
A proven track record of managing multi-million pound P&L responsibilities and driving significant financial impact at an enterprise level.
Demonstrated experience in leading and developing large, diverse teams (100+ individuals, including other managers/directors).
Extensive experience presenting to and influencing Boards of Directors, C-suite executives, and external investors/analysts.
Deep expertise in global financial markets, regulatory frameworks, and payment ecosystems.
Successful leadership of major financial transformation projects or M&A integrations.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Enterprise Data Strategy for Finance

The sheer volume and complexity of financial data require a cohesive enterprise-wide strategy. You'll need to guide the design of data lakes, data governance frameworks, and analytical platforms to ensure clean, accessible, and actionable data for all financial decision-making.

Data Governance & Quality · Data Lake & Data Warehouse Architecture · API-First Financial Integration

This quarter: Partner with the Chief Data Officer to review our current financial data architecture and identify strategic gaps.
Next 6 months: Champion a project to standardise key financial data definitions and reporting metrics across the enterprise.
Next 12 months: Oversee the development of a unified data platform for treasury and payments analytics.
Ongoing: Engage with FinTechs specialising in financial data management and integration.

Quick win: Request a briefing from your Head of Payments on the current state of payment data quality and its challenges.

Cybersecurity & Resilience for Financial Systems

With increasing digitisation, financial systems are prime targets for cyberattacks. Your role demands a strategic understanding of cybersecurity best practices, incident response planning, and building resilient financial infrastructure to protect our assets and maintain operational continuity.

Threat Landscape & Attack Vectors · Zero Trust Architecture in Finance · Incident Response & Disaster Recovery Planning

This quarter: Participate in a tabletop exercise with the CISO on a major financial cyberattack scenario.
Next 6 months: Review and approve the cybersecurity roadmap for our payments and treasury systems.
Next 12 months: Ensure regular, independent penetration testing and vulnerability assessments are conducted on critical financial infrastructure.
Ongoing: Stay informed on the latest cybersecurity threats and mitigation strategies relevant to finance.

Quick win: Ask the CISO for a high-level overview of the top 3 cybersecurity risks facing our financial systems right now.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Participation in executive leadership programmes at top global business schools (e.g., London Business School, INSEAD, Harvard).
Engagement with industry-leading forums and conferences on global payments, treasury, FinTech innovation, and financial regulation.
Serving on the board of other companies (non-executive director roles) to broaden governance experience.
Active mentorship of emerging leaders within the finance sector.
Regular engagement with thought leaders and academic institutions on future trends in finance and technology.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Digital Asset & Blockchain Strategy (CBDCs, Tokenised Assets)

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised assets are set to fundamentally change global payments, treasury, and capital markets. Ignoring them isn't an option; understanding their strategic implications is paramount for future-proofing our financial infrastructure and exploring new revenue streams.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for VP, Global Treasury & Payments

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

Supervise practices for handling paymentsPearson EDI · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 3
Handling payments and maintaining the payment pointPearson EDI · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 2

These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Digital Asset & Blockchain Strategy (CBDCs, Tokenised Assets)

CBDC Architectures & Use Cases
Tokenisation of Real-World Assets
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for Payments
Regulatory Landscape for Digital Assets

Advanced AI/ML for Financial Risk & Opportunity

While we already use AI for some fraud detection, the next wave is about leveraging advanced AI/ML for predictive risk modelling (credit, market, operational), optimising investment portfolios, and identifying entirely new revenue opportunities from financial data. Leaders who don't grasp this will be outmanoeuvred.

Generative AI for Financial Analysis
Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Optimisation
Explainable AI (XAI) in Finance
Ethical AI & Bias in Financial Models

ESG & Sustainable Finance Integration

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors are no longer just PR; they're becoming integral to investment decisions, regulatory mandates, and corporate reputation. Integrating ESG principles into our treasury investments, supply chain payments, and overall financial strategy is becoming a non-negotiable for long-term value creation.

ESG Risk Assessment in Treasury
Green Finance & Sustainable Bonds
ESG Reporting & Disclosure Standards
Impact of ESG on Payment Supply Chains

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Global Treasury Management & Capital Allocation
Enterprise Payment Architecture & Strategy
Advanced Financial Modelling & Scenario Planning
M&A Due Diligence & Integration (Financial Aspects)
Fraud & Risk Management (Enterprise Level)
Investor Relations & Financial Storytelling

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Director, Global Payments (from a large enterprise)
3-5 years as Director
Skills to master
- Expanding scope from payments to broader treasury, developing deeper understanding of capital markets, advanced P&L ownership, and extensive board-level interaction.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully led a multi-million pound payment P&L and achieved significant cost savings/revenue uplift.
- Built and managed a large, international team of payments professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to influence C-suite decisions and present complex strategies effectively.
- Proven track record of navigating complex regulatory environments and managing enterprise-level fraud risk.
2
Head of Treasury (from a large enterprise)
3-5 years as Head of Treasury
Skills to master
- Gaining deep expertise in digital payments strategy, fraud prevention at scale, and the integration of payments into core treasury functions. Learning to manage the operational complexities of a high-volume payment environment.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully managed global liquidity, investments, and FX risk for a large organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to optimise working capital and drive capital efficiency.
- Strong relationships with major banking partners and experience in debt/equity capital markets.
- Proven leadership in managing a significant treasury function and its team.
3
CFO of a smaller, high-growth FinTech or mid-sized company
5-7 years as CFO
Skills to master
- Scaling financial operations, managing a broader range of finance functions, and gaining direct experience with investor relations and board governance in a high-growth context. Translating that broad CFO experience into a deep specialisation at a larger scale.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully led all financial functions for a company through a period of significant growth.
- Direct experience with fundraising, investor relations, and managing a full P&L.
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale finance teams and infrastructure.
- Proven capability to operate as a strategic partner to the CEO and Board.

11Where this role leads

The long view:This role is a launchpad for the most senior leadership positions in finance and beyond. It's about building a legacy of financial excellence and strategic impact. If you're ready for the ultimate challenge and reward, we'd love to hear from you.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

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The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how VP, Global Treasury & Payments is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Supervise practices for handling paymentsLevel 3

Applied to your work in VP, Global Treasury & Payments

By completing this unit, learners will be able to effectively supervise practices for handling payments, demonstrating an understanding of the procedures and knowledge required for this supervisory role within the hospitality and catering sector.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

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One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in VP, Global Treasury & Payments

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Total Cost of Acceptance (TCOA)The overall cost of processing all payments, including interchange, scheme fees, processor fees, fraud losses, and operational overhead, expressed as a percentage of Total Processing Volume (TPV).If our TPV is £1BN, a 5bps reduction means £500,000 in direct savings. You'd present a Q4 report showing TCOA at 0.85% vs. 0.90% in Q4 last year, directly attributing the saving to strategic vendor renegotiations and interchange optimisation.Reduce TCOA by 5-10 basis points (0.05% - 0.10%) year-on-year.
Enterprise Fraud Loss RateThe total value of confirmed fraud losses (after chargebacks) as a percentage of Total Processing Volume (TPV) across all channels and geographies.You'd present to the Risk Committee, showing TPV increased by 20% in Q2, but fraud losses remained at 0.07%, demonstrating the effectiveness of your fraud prevention strategy despite increased exposure.Maintain fraud losses below 0.08% of TPV, even with aggressive growth in high-risk markets.
Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) OptimisationThe time it takes for the company to convert its investments in inventory and accounts receivable into cash, with a focus on optimising payment settlement and payout processes.You'd show how implementing faster payment rails in key markets and optimising our treasury management system has shaved 6 days off our CCC, freeing up £10M in working capital that quarter.Reduce CCC by 5-7 days annually through strategic treasury and payments initiatives.
Strategic Vendor Negotiation SavingsThe direct financial savings achieved through renegotiating contracts with payment processors, banking partners, and fraud prevention vendors.After a comprehensive review and competitive tender, you'd finalise a new multi-year contract with our primary payment gateway, demonstrating a projected saving of £2.5M over the next 12 months compared to the previous agreement.Secure >£2M in annualised savings from strategic vendor contracts.

and 1 more in the full scoreboard below.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From VP, Global Treasury & Payments to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 7 · in progressAI Fluency→ Chief Financial Officer (CFO)→ your design

Where this takes you

This role is a launchpad for the most senior leadership positions in finance and beyond. It's about building a legacy of financial excellence and strategic impact. If you're ready for the ultimate challenge and reward, we'd love to hear from you.

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VP, Global Treasury & Payments

Global Treasury Management & Capital Allocation
Enterprise Payment Architecture & Strategy
Advanced Financial Modelling & Scenario Planning
M&A Due Diligence & Integration (Financial Aspects)
Fraud & Risk Management (Enterprise Level)
Investor Relations & Financial Storytelling

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

VP, Global Treasury & Payments is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
3-5 years
Direct step up to C-suite leadership of the entire finance function.
- Enterprise financial planning & analysis (FP&A)
- Accounting & controllership (full oversight)
- Internal audit leadership
- Tax compliance & strategy
- Capital markets access & strategy
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
4-6 years
Transition to broader operational leadership across multiple business units.
- Global logistics & fulfilment
- Customer service operations
- IT infrastructure & security operations
- Manufacturing/production oversight (if applicable)
- Workforce planning & optimisation

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, at the C-suite level, your time is your most valuable asset. You're not looking for AI to do your grunt work; you need it to amplify your strategic thinking, accelerate insights, and give you an unfair advantage in a complex market. This isn't about replacing your judgement, but about empowering it with unparalleled intelligence and efficiency.

Imagine having a personal AI Chief of Staff, constantly sifting through global financial news, regulatory updates, and internal data, synthesising it into actionable insights before your morning coffee. That's the power AI brings to the VP, Global Treasury & Payments role. It's about getting to the strategic 'aha!' moments faster, with more confidence, and with less noise.

AI-Powered Strategic Planning & Scenario Modelling

Use advanced AI models to instantly analyse market trends, simulate the financial impact of various payment strategies (e.g., new APM adoption, FX hedging scenarios), and stress-test our treasury resilience against economic downturns. It's like having a super-powered financial economist on demand.

Automated Global Regulatory Scanning & Compliance

Deploy AI to continuously monitor global regulatory changes (PSD3, AML updates, new data privacy laws), summarising their implications for our payments and treasury operations. This keeps us ahead of the curve, ensuring proactive compliance and mitigating multi-million pound fines. No more sifting through endless legal texts.

Predictive Treasury & Cash Flow Optimisation

AI-driven forecasting tools can predict cash flow with unprecedented accuracy, optimising liquidity management, investment strategies, and foreign exchange hedging. This frees up capital, reduces risk, and ensures we always have the right funds in the right place at the right time, globally.

Executive Reporting & Board Insights Generation

Automate the collation and initial drafting of board-level reports, investor presentations, and strategic summaries. AI can distil complex financial data into clear, concise narratives and visualisations, allowing you to focus on the strategic message and critical decisions, not the data assembly.

Common questions

How do you become a VP, Global Treasury & Payments?

Common routes in include Director, Global Payments (from a large enterprise) (3-5 years as Director), Head of Treasury (from a large enterprise) (3-5 years as Head of Treasury) and CFO of a smaller, high-growth FinTech or mid-sized company (5-7 years as CFO). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a VP, Global Treasury & Payments progress to?

This role can lead on to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (3-5 years) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) (4-6 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a VP, Global Treasury & Payments in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 7 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a VP, Global Treasury & Payments?

Increasingly, Digital Asset & Blockchain Strategy (CBDCs, Tokenised Assets), Advanced AI/ML for Financial Risk & Opportunity and ESG & Sustainable Finance Integration. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

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VP, Global Treasury & Payments

What's rising in its place

Digital Asset & Blockchain Strategy (CBDCs, Tokenised Assets)

Advanced AI/ML for Financial Risk & Opportunity

ESG & Sustainable Finance Integration

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Director, Global Payments (from a large enterprise)

Head of Treasury (from a large enterprise)

CFO of a smaller, high-growth FinTech or mid-sized company

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

This role is a launchpad for the most senior leadership positions in finance and beyond. It's about building a legacy of financial excellence and strategic impact. If you're ready for the ultimate challenge and reward, we'd love to hear from you.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Where AI is starting to help

AI-Powered Strategic Planning & Scenario Modelling

Automated Global Regulatory Scanning & Compliance

Predictive Treasury & Cash Flow Optimisation

Executive Reporting & Board Insights Generation

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.