Description
As a Treasury Accountant you will be a finance professional helping the organisation manage their money and financial risks.
Your focus will be ensuring accurate recording of treasury activities, monitoring daily cash balances, determining operational cash requirements, and supporting the management of the organisation's debt portfolio.
You will be the treasury lead for the treasury management systems and all treasury systems integration.
This role involves a robust understanding and application of the organisation's treasury management policy, financial policies, and treasury management systems to deliver a highly efficient treasury function and best-in-class treasury service to all stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Delivering an outstanding operational treasury service to both internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring the Treasury Management System is kept up to date, using the system to effectively manage the group's debt portfolio
- Leading on enhancements to the Treasury Management System, improving processes with dynamic reporting, making treasury digital
- Maintaining the covenant compliance schedules, ensuring information to lenders is provided when due
- Ensuring floating rate loans are rolled over at the most cost-effective rate and ensuring all interest payments are made when due
- Ensuring Bank mandates are kept up to date for the group's bank accounts
- Forecasting and monitoring cash requirements, ensuring the group has sufficient cash to meet its liabilities
- Ensuring surplus cash is invested in line with the group's treasury management policy
- Ensuring all treasury-related activities are accounted for in accordance with respective Accounting standards.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential Criteria
- Proven experience of implementing a Treasury Management System and enhancements for treasury reporting and accounting for financial derivatives
- Experience of managing bank accounts, including electronic interfaces, updating of bank mandates, opening new accounts, and organising KYC requirements
- Practical experience of preparing multi-company daily cash flow forecasts and reporting of daily cash positions, with responsibility for investing surplus cash and managing drawdowns from loan facilities for a company of similar size and complexity
- Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Effective IT skills, including basic/intermediate/advanced MS Office skills
- Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) or a CCAB qualified accountant
Benefits
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more
- Interest-free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary