Assistant Treasurer - Risk and Sustainability

Job Description

Circa £85,000 per annum Full time/37 hrs a week/Fixed Term Contract - 12 MonthsLocation: London or HuntingdonAnglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Lancaster House in Huntingdon or our London Office with travel across both sites required.Join the UKs largest water company! We are looking for an Assistant Treasurer to join the Anglian Water team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.Join our team as the Assistant Treasurer, where you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and managing Group Treasury Operations, Systems, and sustainability linked debt.We are looking for a dynamic professional with expertise in treasury operations, systems management, and sustainability, to contribute to our commitment to excellence in financial management. Join us in shaping the future of our treasury operations and advancingour sustainability initiatives.As a valued employee youll be entitled to: -Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%-Personal private health care-Annual bonus scheme-Life Cover at 8x your salary-Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks-30 days leave + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religionWhat youll be doing: - Supervise and lead the cross-treasury dealing team, ensuring daily manual and system processes are controlled. Verify correct bank interfaces, accurate bank balances, and proper accounting entries. Resolve business/cash management issues and ensure adherenceto treasury policy. Additionally, review and challenge dealing proposals- Responsibility for final compliance sign-off for all money transactions undertaken each day by the Treasury Team, and all payments leaving the group- Responsibility for ensuring the documentation evidencing complex treasury transactions such as bonds, energy derivatives and interest rate swaps is appropriate. Liaise and communicate with the relevant lawyers and Banks in respect of confirmations andpayments to ensure compliance with treasury policies and financing documents, and ensure that all the transactions are correctly entered onto the Treasury Management System prior to requiring sign-off by the Group Treasurer and reporting under the EMIR regulations.including regulatory reporting (EMIR)- Primary responsibility for managing the relationship with the Treasury Management System provider, the SAP4Hana project, as well as other treasury and payments systems and manage the issues log ensuring appropriate and timely action is being taken by boththe system provider and the treasury team to resolve issues- Ensure the business is meeting its existing commitments related to sustainable finance and will realise the full benefits of sustainable finance- Responsible for ensuring that the Operations team undertakes a quarterly review of counterparty SSIs ensuring sign-off by the respective counterparty and review in the treasury management system so that payments are not made to incorrect accounts; compliancewith all laws and regulations is undertaken and the counterparty review process is completed in line with board approved treasury policy- Providing supervision, direction and encouragement to the Treasury Operations and Middle Office teams to perform their duties as they relate to deal settlements, payments, interest payments processes and other treasury operational processes on a dailybasis. Ensure the delivery of appropriate controls with coaching and personal development for the team so they are motivated to develop and perform wellWhat does it take to be successful - Graduate, with a relevant business or economic degree- Qualified Accountant; ACT qualification (minimum Associate level)- Advanced technical skills in financial accounting; 3-5 years + post qualification experience within a finance / treasury function- In depth knowledge of treasury management systems and payment systems as well as strong system aptitude- Experience of managing debt portfolios and banking relationships- Proven ability to react quickly to complex situations, with the ability to problem solve, assimilate, understand, and challenge, and then to resolve appropriately- Strong interpersonal, communication and IT skills and demonstrated ability to motivate others and achieve positive results- Is able to think on their feet, and provide supervision, direction and encouragement to Treasury Team members- Responds effectively to changing priorities and deadlines, achieving the right time between time spent planning, and implementingInclusion at Anglian Water: At Anglian Water, equality, Inclusion and diversity is the responsibility of all employees and our Management Board actively supports our goal to embed an inclusive culture through sponsoring initiatives, around health and ability; race and ethnicity;religion and belief; age; gender; sexuality and gender identity; and social mobility.Closing date: 06/02/2024 #loveeverydrop