Senior Treasury Analyst
St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients.
We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.
Location: Cirencester Office
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent
Seniority: Mid-Senior Level
This person will be responsible for the creation and delivery of liquidity cashflow forecasts and reports for SJP Group Companies which mitigate against liquidity risk and inform the relevant Boards, Audit Committee and Finance leadership in strategic decision making. The Treasury & Finance Operations team operates 500+ bank and money market fund accounts in multiple currencies for SJP Group Companies, which entails high levels of payments requiring accurate cash forecasting as well as monitoring Liquidity, Credit, Interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks. This role would suit a commercial qualified accountant ideally with previous treasury experience in cash and liquidity. Excellent interpersonal skills and a self-managing work ethos are essential.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own and improve on the existing liquidity forecasting undertaken by SJP Group Company Financial Controllers and migrate these into Treasury.
- Identify liquidity risks and recommend mitigating actions to Improve and maintain the cashflows of the SJP Group Companies.
- Responsible for the delivery of high-quality liquidity cashflow forecasts, reports, and summary slides for the relevant SJP Group Company Boards to satisfy new corporate governance requirements.
- Application of advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI and modelling skills (Visual Basic and macros) to drive operational excellence and enhance control in Treasury processes.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with senior management across the business to aid the cashflow forecasting process and make recommendations and influence key SJP stakeholders to improve liquidity management.
- Attend and contribute to financial review meetings for the regulated SJP Group Companies as required.
- Attend and contribute to the regular Cash Committee and Treasury Committee meetings.
- Own Treasury related statutory accounting disclosures.
- Be part of the weekly cash decision rota to ensure daily funding of SJP's Group entities.
- Support the existing Group Cashflow Forecast process, which shows the future availability of free shareholder cash.
- Support the submission of regulatory requests for liquidity reporting (e.g., PRA requests).
Who we’re looking for:
- Qualified Accountant with extensive relevant experience.
- Ideally part qualified/qualified member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers with relevant experience.
- Broad and deep knowledge/experience of Cash Management and liquidity reporting.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of treasury risk management: including frameworks, management of policies and implementation.
- Understanding of and commitment to strong controls and governance.
- Experienced in using Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Banking Platforms and Money Market fund reporting tools.
- Ideally expert In Kyriba Treasury Management System
- Strong and broad industry knowledge (banking, liquidity funds and payments products and services).
- Broad understanding of the functions of key SJP Group companies and how cash moves across them, and deep understanding of how this generates free shareholder cash.
- Self-motivated and able to establish processes and procedures and work with minimum direction.
- Excellent verbal and written communicator.
- Able to influence key SJP stakeholders with Liquidity forecast insights.
What's in it for you?
- Private Medical paid for by Company.
- Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.*
- Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
- Parental leave – 6 months full pay
- 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
*Not applicable to Fixed-Term Contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)
Flexible Working
We know that everyone works best in
different ways, at different times and in different environments. We have
introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time
work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people are
encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please ask
the question and start a conversation!
Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.
Reasonable Adjustments
We're an
equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is
accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at
any stage please let us know by emailing us at [email protected]
What's next?
Our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.
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