About this role
Responsibilities of the Role
Transaction management
- Ensure payment flows from previous day have been processed by the bank, notifying Front Office of any exceptions or unrecorded inward flows.
- Settle deals when due; process the daily Front Office transactional activity in the Treasury Management System from reconciliation to payment.
- Process all relevant payments via SWIFT or bank portals prior to the relevant cut off times, and in line with corporate approvals.
- Confirm Treasury transactions in a timely manner - Ensure all external trades are matched on Misys Finastra promptly, reporting discrepancies or outstanding confirmations to ensure that any corrections are made prior to bank cut – off deadlines.
- Following up and dispute resolution with banks on trade settlements.
- Respond to queries from all stakeholder groups.
Accounting & Controls
- Account for Treasury transactions - perform daily bank reconciliations in the Treasury System to ensure all funds have moved as expected and that Treasury transactions have been correctly posted in Oracle.
- Liaise with internal teams to onboard new beneficiaries in the Treasury System and automate internal cash postings.
- Ensure that the Back Office team is Sarbanes Oxley compliant and update Treasury templates where required.
- Work with the Treasury Accountant and Treasury Accounting Analyst to update and document the Back Office procedures.
- Process and reconcile static data changes in Treasury static data.
- Supervise the payment functionality and controls established within the Treasury System.
Reporting
- Distribute the Back Office control and activity reports to the applicable audience.
- Assist in providing the relevant audit trail to internal and external auditors.
Project support
- As capacity allows, provide project support to Treasury initiatives.
Skills and qualifications
- Previous experience of working in Corporate Treasury environment and knowledge of Treasury products and processes preferred.
- Accounting and/or Treasury qualification an advantage
- Solid analytical skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to remain flexible to changing working requirements.
- Accommodating and responsive to ad-hoc requests.
- Proficient in Excel