Treasury Analyst

What the role involves

• Monitor cash positions across entities, banks and currencies daily
• Forecast short-term liquidity and funding requirements
• Execute payments, set up banking facilities and manage signatories
• Manage counterparty exposure, bank ratings and financial risk policy
• Reduce idle balances and optimise interest and hedging outcomes

Core skills

• Cash Flow Forecasting (level 4/5)
• Liquidity & Working Capital Management (level 4/5)
• Banking & Payment Operations (level 3/5)
• Financial Risk (FX, Counterparty) (level 3/5)
• ERP / Treasury Management Systems (level 3/5)
• Detail & Control Orientation (level 4/5)

Preferred skills

• Debt & Financing Instruments
• Advanced Excel / Spreadsheet Modelling
• SQL & Database Design

Tools

Experience expected

1-4 years in treasury, treasury operations or financial control

Projects that prove the role

• Cash concentration programme that released trapped cash across entities
• FX hedging policy that reduced currency volatility on reported results
• Payment automation that cut manual processing errors

Evidence to collect

• A cash forecast with accuracy against actuals
• A bank or facility negotiation you supported
• A control improvement with the error rate it removed

What the interview covers

• A liquidity squeeze you had to manage
• Choosing between spot and forward for an exposure
• Counterparty limits and why they exist
• Reconciling a cash position that did not match the bank

How the role progresses

• Treasury Analyst
• Treasury Manager
• Senior Treasury Manager
• Head of Treasury
• Group Treasurer / CFO

Certifications that carry weight

• CFA Institute Treasury & Risk Management
• ACCA
• Treasury Management Association certification

Related roles

• Accountant
• financial-analyst
• investment-analyst

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