Associate Treasury Operations Officer

Sony Europe; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate finance professionals to join their Treasury Operations team in Weybridge. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for individuals early in their finance careers to gain exposure to various treasury functions, including settlements, reconciliations, and deal confirmations. You will work in a collaborative environment, helping to streamline operations and improve processes. With a commitment to personal development and a vibrant workplace culture, this position is ideal for those looking to grow their careers in finance. If you're eager to make an impact and learn from experienced professionals, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Onsite gym

Barista-style coffee shop

Staff car park with electric charging points

Cycle-to-Work scheme

Public transport shuttle service

Volunteering days

Learning & personal development programs

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance function/environment is essential.
• Strong Excel skills are necessary for daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage FX netting communications and payment runs.
• Perform daily bank reconciliation for multiple accounts.
• Match and review deals with banks, ensuring accuracy.

Skills

Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUPS/Pivot Tables)

Attention to detail

Problem-solving mindset

Communication skills

Education

Graduate in Finance or related field

Job description

Associate Treasury Operations Officer

Location: Weybridge

Sony Global Treasury Services PLC are on the lookout for passionate, ambitious & aspiring Finance professionals to join our Treasury function as Treasury Operations Officers. Due to internal mobility & various moves within the business, we’re looking for several individuals to join our Treasury Transaction Services team.

This role would suit an individual early on in their finance career/corporate career with some experience of working in a Finance department, looking to take the next step in their career.

Whether you’re a Graduate who completed a placement year, somebody who has re-trained in Finance or somebody who has recently started out their career in Finance, this could be an incredible role for you.

This unique opportunity will grant you exposure to various treasury functions within Sony Global Treasury Services. Our aim is that within 2 years, you will have spent time in Settlements, Reconciliations & Deal Confirmations teams, understanding their key processes & in turn, enabling you to understand the wider function on a higher level.

Overall, your purpose will be supporting the Treasury Operations as part of a team of 5. You’ll be helping us streamline our operations whilst protecting controls & continuously improving our processes too.

You Will

Depending on which team & role you are aligned to first, your responsibilities will vary, but below, you can get an understanding of the different actions you’ll undertake for each role.

Settlements Team

• Management of FX netting communications with external banks according to internal deadlines.
• Management of various type of payment runs, including but not limited to SAP payment runs, ad hoc manual payments to internal and external counterparties (input level of payments and templates), internal bank account transfers, Advice To Receive (ATR), sister company funding and investments.
• Communication with external banks and their various teams on any aspects of settlement operations, including investigation and follow up of issues, supporting and resolution of enquiries.
• Support and liaise with all SGTS internal teams and sister companies as required.
• Prepare required reports, including Settlement Diary Checks (SDC) to make sure no payment is missed on daily basis.

Reconciliations

• Performing Daily Bank Reconciliation duties for 30+ accounts (20+ currencies)
• Approx. 50k entries per month
• Daily reporting of bank balances to Management and the reasons for short cash positions
• Investigating mismatched and unexpected items on bank accounts
• Manual entry of specific Treasury instruments.
• Ensuring Payment in Transit entries are cleared in a timely basis.
• Logging, following up and resolving of underpayments/overpayments
• Reporting of interest claims and overdraft costs on bank accounts to HQ
• Suggesting operation improvements and system enhancement to HQ

Deal Confirmations

• Matching and reviewing all FX, currency option or money market deals with banks and investigating discrepancies within SAP (TMS)
• Ensure all deals have been uploaded into Treasury system.
• Approx. 1.4k deals per month
• Verifying automatic confirmations and conducting manual confirmations when necessary
• Reporting of unmatched or cancelled deals on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Perform confirmation of Internal settlement of deals.
• Direct contact with External banks and internal Treasury teams.

You will bring:

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working within a finance function/environment
• Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUPS/Pivot Tables/Formatting)
• A keen interest to build a career in Finance
• High level of attention to detail
• An innovative & solution-oriented mindset
• The ability to manage complexity

Ideally

• Some previous experience of working within a finance function/environment
• A core understanding of the purpose of an internal Treasury department
• Exposure to reconciliations & confirmations process using online banking platforms or other payment systems

The Recruitment Process

Once you submit your application, your profile will be carefully reviewed by one of our Talent Acquisition team. If your profile is suitable, we will then invite you to participate in a self-recorded video interview. You can complete this whenever suits you & wherever most comfortable. Note, you’ll have unlimited retake opportunities, should you not be happy with your submission.

Following that, you’ll then be invited on-site to our Weybridge office to meet with several members of the team & partake in an Excel based case-study task. Once this step is complete, we’ll be ready to move to offer stage.

Your new office

Weybridge

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

We currently require our Weybridge based employees to work on site a minimum 3-days per full working week.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture. Please note that we currently operate a 3-day-per week office working policy.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.