Junior Treasury Analyst (9 month FTC)

Job summary

This role is primarily responsible for supporting the Senior Manager - Treasury & Credit Risk for the company's daily Treasury activities including but not limited to, cash management activities, forecast and planning, payments, foreign exchange transactions, Treasury systems, Treasury accounting and transactional bank relationships.

The Treasury function regularly reports to the Chaucer Finance & Investment Committee and to a wider Finance group on all treasury activities and this role will act a support to the Senior Manager - Treasury & Credit Risk. Communication skills (both verbal and written) will be key to the success of this role.

Main duties

Banking

• Support in maintaining banking administration to include but not limited to mandates, bank account signatures, user profiles and KYC requirements

• Secondary contact for operational queries with key banking partners

• Manage payments for business activities utilising our Treasury Management Tool and banking platforms

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Responsible for short term cash flow forecasting and reporting to include weekly analysis against plan

• Analyse bank fees and costs ensuring tariffs are current and recommend cost savings

Liquidity Management

• Support the Senior Manager manage liquidity in line with Group policy and tolerances ensuring efficient transfer of funds for investment to enhance returns

• Support the Senior Manager prepare liquidity analysis and compliance reporting to the business

Accounting

• Responsible for the preparation of cash journal entries

• Preparation of bank account reconciliations and monthly reporting to parent

Other Support

• Automate the payments process to ensure all payments are completed in compliance with best practice governance and controls

• Enhancing current TMS system usage

• Administration of all banking and Treasury systems

Our requirements

Relevant experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of treasury function & cash management in an FSA regulated environment

Desirable

• Studying towards professional qualification (ACCA, ACA, AMCT)

• Experience of a Lloyd's treasury function

Technical skills

• Knowledge of treasury Operations including daily liquidity management, cash flow reporting and forecasting

• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Personal skills

• Ability to be thorough when necessary

• Strong technical and analytical skills

• Ability to use initiative, vision and imagination

• Self-motivated

• Very good interpersonal skills

• Good communication skills with the ability to liaise at all levels

• Work as part of a team

• Adapt to a pressured environment

• Capable of working to a timetable when required

ABOUT US

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.

Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Copenhagen, Miami, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website.

Chaucer is committed to diversity, actively values difference and respects people regardless of the protected characteristics which are outlined in the Equality Act 2010 (UK legislation) as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive 2006 (EU legislation).

A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace are core to our success as a business and integral to our winning strategy and culture. We recruit from the widest available pool of talent, and our hiring, assessment and selection process is fair, free from bias and one which ensures we select the right person for the job, based on merit. We are committed to promoting a culture that actively values difference, and recognises that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect throughout their employment.

We are open to considering flexible working arrangements for all roles and encourage you to outline your needs during the interview process.