Treasury Assistant

12 Month Fixed Term Contract
London, UK

We are recruiting for a Treasury Assistant to join a global Insurance firm on a fixed term contract basis (potential to extend or become permanent). This is an excellent opportunity for a developing finance professional with 1-2 years of experience to work within a high performing team support the delivery of the overall finance strategy through paying clients, brokers and suppliers in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all manual payments are processed accurately by checking the required supporting documentation, making sure bank account verification call backs have been completed where required to the agreed SLAs, and communicating any reasons for delays to the final beneficiary.
• A good understanding of the EMEA legal entity structure and the regulatory rules associated with making payments across 300+ bank accounts.
• Administer the Treasury payment log to support the payment flow process and Approval Rota for the wider finance organisation.
• Uploading BACS/Thrupay/SEPA payment files across various banking platforms.
• Occasionally assisting the Cash & Funding manager with processing daily intercompany transfers to make sure cash is in the right account, in the right currency and at the right time.
• Co-managing the dedicated Treasury mailbox with a view to delivering best-in-class customer service to internal and external customers.
• Completing assigned bank statement uploads to SAP within specified timescales to support daily and month-end processes.
• Assisting the Treasury & Accounts Payable Manager with audit queries.
• Cross-training the wider Treasury operations team when required.
• Adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements forms part of this role, and demonstrating the expected conduct behaviours as they relate to the role is core to the organisation's commitment to placing customers at the centre of the business and behaving with integrity.