Junior Cash & Treasury Operations Analyst

What will you be doing as a Cash & Treasury Operations Analyst?

• Working in a growing UK Cash & Treasury Operations team
• Processing payments (GBP and currency) to clients, internally and third parties, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and fully compliant work practices; using a variety of payments methods including, CHAPS, BACS and various other bank payment systems
• Performing 4-eye checks, monitoring and completing a control function to validate and ensure data accuracy and execution for Cash Management activities
• Investigating and helping to resolve numerous, varied and sometimes complex queries relating to account reconciliations that relate to the processes of the team
• Resolving internal and external deposit and loan customer queries regarding cash in a timely and professional manner; by independently driving resolution through liaising with banks on client and internal bank accounts to ensure consistent, accurate and smooth transaction processing
• Maintaining the TFSME with BoE by completing weekly balance updates, pool submissions, and drawdowns
• Transacting GILT purchases, sales or maturities within the custodian settlement account
• Monitoring the Collateral Management and preventing any Margin Calls 
• Completing control processes of payment approvals and ensuring process, procedure and policy adherence
• Working flexibly within a time-bound environment, prioritising and balancing tasks and activities to ensure externally driven timescales are adhered to e.g., daily cut offs for different banking procedures and Treasury Back Office demands
• Performing AML checks and processes in line with policies and procedures
• Owning the updating and systematic review of Standard Operating Procedures; including any ad hoc updates and changes to processes, and provide team training sessions upon process changes
• Collating data for the Annual Regulatory Reporting to HMRC for ISA, BBSI and FATCA
• Supporting both the FSCS SCV Submission for internal testing and genuine external submission required every 3 years
• Contributing to the Annual external Audit of all processes by providing case studies, examples and rationale on actions completed on transactions
• Identifying process improvements across Cash and Treasury Operations and documenting requirements

What do you need to excel in this role?

• Ideally, you have some payment and/or treasury operations experience in a financial services / fintech company or similar environment
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong in Microsoft excel including V-lookups, Pivot Tables
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written as well as verbal)
• Resourceful problem solver with a focus on delivery (ability to multitask is also crucial)
• Ability to collaborate with teams across multiple locations (Manchester, London, India)
• High attention to detail ability to execute in a structured manner
• Ability to review exceptions and escalate in line with procedures
• Capability to complete bank reconciliations for bank accounts
• Very self-motivated, with a positive mind-set, having strong time-management skills, and possessing strong attention to detail and accuracy

Benefits & Perks:

• Equity. We want people to have a stake in the business so that all our interests are aligned
• 25 days holiday
• Personalised benefits – opt-in to what matters to you
• Enhanced family leave
• Paid volunteering days off
• Wellbeing and social events