Treasury Accountant

The purpose of this role is to provide accounting and Treasury support to the Treasury Manager in the implementation of the approved Treasury Strategy.

To monitor daily cash flow and ensure that the necessary banking actions are taken.

1. Administer the Groups liquidity on a daily basis. Maintain the Treasury Diary and all dealing records, ensuring surplus funds are reinvested among approved counterparties in line with the Treasury Strategy

2. Arrange draw-downs, prepayments and repayments on appropriate loans as required, in order to maintain a near zero balance and reduce interest payable wherever possible

3. Carry out ancillary day to day banking duties and administration. Ensure bank mandates and encashment facilities are up to date

5. Ensure that any ad hoc payments are appropriately approved and executed as instructed

6. Calculate and post all Treasury journals and accruals, ensuring the balances are correctly shown on the ledger

7. Produce detailed Treasury variance analyses against Budget and Forecast at each month end as soon as data is available

8. Prepare rolling annual cash-flow forecasts on a monthly basis to reflect information provided by the Groups capital/revenue budget holders, as well as subsidiaries

9. Assist the Treasury Manager with budget setting for the Treasury related cost centres

10. Assist the Treasury Manager with covenant calculations

11. Maintain loan records and validate reported balances with lenders on a regular basis, ensuring all key documents are appropriately filed electronically or otherwise. Maintain the loan register and link all key performance dates to an accessible calendar.

12. Ensure loan repayments are made to the Groups lenders. Regularly update the loan and interest spreadsheets. Assist in the production of the monthly Treasury Report.

13. Provide Business & Financial Services with loan, investment and inter-company balances analyses in accordance with the year-end timetable.

14. Assist the Treasury Manager in identifying real property (HHA schemes) to use as security for loans and in liaising with the solicitors on any ongoing issues relating to the obtaining of loan finance. Managing and maintaining the database of loan collateral, ensuring it is accurate and up to date.

15. Carry out, leaving a clear audit trail, regular written loan and treasury accounting control checks and reconciliations

16. Identify improvements to processes and implement appropriately, ensuring changes are adequately tested and consulting with all interested parties

17. Undertake any other tasks reasonably requested by Treasury Manager or the Head of Finance