Treasury Analyst

An opportunity has arisen in the Treasury Department for a Treasury Analyst, reporting into the Treasury Systems and Control Manager. As part of the Treasury Systems and Control team, the role will include performing daily back office activities (approving, settling and accounting deals/payments) while also monitoring a robust set of internal controls. The role will require interface with external banks, MBDA shareholders and other financial institutions as well as internal group-wide international treasury departments.

Salary: Circa £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity:

You will be joining an international team of 3 which are responsible for managing the systems and monitoring controls of the Group Treasury function. In addition, the Treasury Analyst will support the UK Treasury Operations team twice per year with their FX update activities. This supporting role will help to ensure that the MBDA UK FX exposures are being managed in a timely fashion.

Daily responsibilities:

• Perform daily back office activities using SAP S/4HANA, ensuring strict controls and processes are maintained while deadlines and established timescales are met
• Working closely with Treasury Front Office team providing timely and accurate reporting to ensure daily operations run smoothly
• Responsible for identifying and reporting any control breaches
• Processing FX settlements and EMIR reporting
• Maintaining bank mandates with MBDA's relationship banks
• Supporting the Treasury Systems and Control Manager with scheduled reporting activities to senior finance team
• Supporting Know Your Customer (KYC) requests received from third parties, as required
• Supporting UK Treasury team on FX exposure management activities (circa 2 months per year)
• Ad hoc Treasury improvement activities as required

What we're looking for from you:

Skills/Experience:

• Qualification in Treasury, or other financial discipline
• Experience working in a bank/treasury back office operations and controls is preferable. Familiar with banking systems, payment types/methods and experience working with high value transactions is desirable
• Experience with SAP, in particular S/4HANA, is beneficial but not a prerequisite
• Experience with FX instruments and requesting FX trades is beneficial but not a prerequisite
• Very strong attention to detail and ability to analyse, report balancing issues and any breach of policy
• Able to work to tight deadlines and adherence to strict policies and procedures
• Ability to react quickly in the event of system failures; proactive and forward thinking

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