Assistant Treasury Accountant

P&O Ferrymasters; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Assistant Treasury Accountant, where you'll play a vital role in supporting the Group Treasury Accountant. This position involves managing daily bank balances, coordinating payments, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. You will work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with various departments and contributing to the financial health of a leading logistics provider. With opportunities for personal and professional growth, this role is perfect for someone who thrives under pressure and is passionate about finance. Your expertise will help ensure timely payments and efficient financial operations across Europe and beyond.

Benefits

Company Pension

Travel Discounts

Employee Assistance Scheme

Wellbeing Programme

Training and Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Professional Assistant Treasury Accountant with multi-currency finance experience.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group Treasury Accountant with daily bank balances and cash flow.
• Coordinate payments and maintain balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Effective Communication

Problem Solving

Negotiation Skills

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Education

Experience in Multi-Currency Finance

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Teams

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

As an Assistant Treasury Accountant, you will be part of a highly dedicated and professional team, which is responsible for delivering the highest quality of service to an internationally dedicated client base. The main purpose of your role will be to provide assistance to the Group Treasury Accountant in the administration, reporting and compliance of both departmental and company functional related undertakings.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the Group Treasury Accountant on updating daily bank balances, monitoring and actioning treasury emails, dealing with operational and finance department queries, and cash flow ‘actuals’.
• Coordinating with contacts at our joint venture company to ensure timely payment of haulage costs.
• Processing bank charge invoices and matching on Accounts Payable ledger.
• Downloading bank statements and uploading to Unit 4, reconciling and chasing for un-reconciled items.
• Providing support with weekly payment runs, including posting manual payments, direct debits, cross currency and cross company journals.
• Providing support during auditing and year-end, gathering payment evidence and approval support.
• Maintaining a weekly task list, listing open projects and weekly progress made.
• Providing monthly balance sheet reconciliation for Treasury related control accounts.
• Providing cover for the Group Treasury Accountant to gather receipt forecast data from the Credit Controllers, collate and update the cash flow forecast.

Your profile

• You will be a professional and pro-active Assistant Treasury Accountant who understands the crucial importance of effective communication and is willing to assist others who may not have the level of specialised knowledge in this field.
• Experience within a multi currency finance department required, preferably within the Transport industry.
• Good knowledge and understanding of MS Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, and able to work as an effective team member.
• Ability to organise work well under pressure and prioritise a demanding workload.

Who are we?

We are P&O Ferrymasters, and we work with some of the largest companies in the world to make sure that their goods get to where they need to on time and efficiently. We have locations across Europe and the Northern Mediterranean and our routes cover road, rail, and sea.

We offer

P&O Ferrymasters offers a competitive package in line with the seniority of the position. Salary will be dependent on experience of the successful candidate. Other benefits include Company pension, P&O Ferries travel discounts, and an Employee Assistance Scheme, backed by a wellbeing programme along with opportunities for personal and professional training and development.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing

Industries

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage