Treasury Assistant
£35000 - £40000 + benefits
London - City

THE COMPANY
Highly respected and successful global commodities and FX trading firm.

THE ROLE
Reporting to the Treasury Manager, you will support the Treasury team with the processing of payments and receipts and their booking into the company's ledgers. This will include the processing of payments into bank payment systems and the reconciliation of multiple bank accounts. All paperwork supporting the day's transactions is scanned for filing. The role includes the following:

  • Daily bank account reconciliation for all accounts
  • Collateral & Cash management for liquidity providers and exchanges
  • Manage daily FX & liquidity risk
  • Deposit excess funds in line with investment policy and limits
  • Manage committed facilities and funding book
  • Maintain and enhance current procedures
  • Monitor and process cash receipts whilst communicating with the front and middle office to ensure to correct client accounts are credited in a timely fashion
  • Initiate payments into the various banking platforms for subsequent release and manage payment process/systems.
  • Maintain client and banking partners.
  • Booking all cash flow data into the accounting system i.e payments, receipts, interest & charges (Infor Sun accounts).
  • Process & log interest claims and non-receipts
  • Assist with cash investigations
  • Assist the Head of Treasury with the projects as and when required

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

To be considered for this role you must meet the following criteria:

  • Previous treasury experience, and able to demonstrate a good level of experience of making international, multi-currency payments.
  • Full understanding of Swift formatting.
  • Previous experience with bank payment systems, ideally HSBC, RBS or Barclay's systems.
  • Previous experience within financial services.
  • Strong Excel skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to work with a high level of accuracy, to tight deadlines with minimal supervision.