Temporary Treasury Accountant

Cash Management & Forecasting

• Manage the Group's daily cash position across multiple currencies, entities and banking partners, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet operational and strategic needs
• Prepare, maintain and continuously improve a rolling 13-week cashflow forecast, including variance analysis, commentary and reporting to the Finance Leadership Team
• Produce longer-term cash forecasts to support budgeting, funding requirements and capital expenditure planning
• Review payment runs and support payment approvals in line with short-term cash forecasts, budgets, liquidity requirements and internal controls

Funding & Group Loans

• Manage the Group's loan facilities, including:
• Ongoing reporting and monitoring
• Covenant compliance and headroom analysis
• Forecasting drawdowns and repayments
• Ensuring facilities are available and can be accessed when required
• Prepare information for lenders and internal stakeholders relating to funding and liquidity
• Provide clear insight to management on funding capacity, risks and options

Intercompany Cash & Transfer Pricing

• Manage intercompany cash movements between Group entities, ensuring they are executed in line with transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements and tax requirements
• Work closely with the Tax Manager to ensure intercompany funding, interest calculations and cash movements are compliant and appropriately documented.
• Support accurate accounting and reporting of intercompany balances, interest and settlements

Banking, Controls & Payments

• Own relationships with the Group's banking partners globally, including day-to-day operational matters and negotiation of fees, terms and services
• Maintain oversight of bank account structures and mandates, ensuring they are up to date, well controlled and consistently documented across all countries
• Design, implement and maintain consistent processes for payments, approvals and controls across the Group to ensure cash is protected and processes are scalable
• Ensure strong treasury controls are in place to safeguard cash and comply with internal policies and external regulations

Accounting, Reporting & Close

• Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled daily and monthly, with transactions accurately coded and posted in Dynamics 365 (ERP)
• Take responsibility for treasury-related activities at month-end and year-end, including journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
• Support the external audit process by providing treasury-related information and explanations
• Ensure treasury activity is correctly reflected in management accounts and statutory reporting

Foreign Exchange & Risk Management

• Design, implement and operate the Group's Foreign Exchange Policy
• Monitor and report on foreign currency exposures and positions, working closely with local finance teams
• Identify and mitigate risks relating to FX, interest rates and liquidity, using hedging strategies where appropriate

Systems, Process & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with FP&A, management accounts, tax manager and local finance teams to ensure accurate cash reporting and effective financial decision-making
• Partner with the ERP project team to enhance the ERP cash module, driving automation, improved controls and better treasury reporting
• Provide clear, insightful and timely treasury information and reporting to the finance leadership team to support decisions on cash, funding, investments and risk
• Support ad-hoc treasury and finance projects as required by the business

Qualifications & Experience

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or actively studying towards one
• Proven experience in a Treasury Accountant / Treasury Analyst / Cash Accountant role within a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
• Strong, hands-on experience producing and owning a rolling 13-week cashflow forecast, including variance analysis and stakeholder reporting
• Solid understanding of day-to-day cash management, liquidity monitoring and short-term funding requirements
• Experience working with group loan facilities, including reporting, drawdowns, repayments and covenant monitoring
• Good understanding of treasury accounting, including bank reconciliations, treasury journals and month-end close processes
• Experience managing or maintaining bank accounts and mandates, with a strong focus on controls and auditability
• High attention to detail and a strong control mindset, particularly around payments, approvals and cash protection
• Comfortable working with ERP systems and banking platforms, including extracting, reconciling and validating data
• Confident communicator, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation
• Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, international environment
• Hands-on, proactive and comfortable "owning" tasks from start to finish.
• Well organised, methodical and process driven, Experience in a group or international environment with complex cash and intercompany structures
• Exposure to transfer pricing mechanics, including intercompany interest calculations and documentation
• Practical exposure to foreign currency transactions and monitoring FX exposures, with experience supporting or operating FX hedging and understanding hedge accounting principles
• Familiarity with covenant calculations and lender reporting packs.
• Experience working in a growth, PE-backed or rapidly changing business
• Experience with treasury management systems (TMS) or advanced ERP cash modules
• Strong Excel skills, including building and maintaining cashflow models
• Confidence presenting cash and liquidity information to senior finance stakeholders

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Parental Support
• Salary-Exchange Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Local Oxford Discounts
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Flu Jabs

At AER, we are committed to offering flexibility in the way we work. Most of our roles are hybrid with a mix of in-office/home working and potentially adjustable working hours. Let's discuss what works for you and AER during the interview process.