Hands-on Treasury Assistant: Cash & Payments

Fresh People; Harbledown; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time position

Canterbury location

Established professional services firm

Job summary

Fresh People in Canterbury, Kent is seeking an experienced Treasury Assistant to support day-to-day cash, banking and payment activities.

You will work closely with the Finance team to ensure funds are managed, payments are processed accurately and treasury controls are maintained.

This hands-on role offers a varied treasury function and opportunities to contribute to cash-flow forecasting and month-end reporting. Salary is £35,000 per annum; full‑time, Monday to Friday, based in Canterbury, Kent.

Qualifications

• Hands-on treasury experience and strong day-to-day cash and banking process knowledge.
• Experience with bank balances, cash forecasting and working capital.
• Ability to monitor bank accounts and cash positions daily.
• Experience using corporate or online banking platforms.
• Excellent numerical accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor bank accounts and cash balances on a daily basis.
• Maintain accurate daily cash-position information.
• Ensure sufficient cash is available to meet working-capital and operational requirements.
• Assist with weekly, monthly and annual cash-flow forecasting.
• Monitor actual cash movements against forecasts and investigate significant variances.
• Complete regular bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Process supplier, expense, tax and other business payments.
• Prepare and process BACS and other electronic payment runs.
• Ensure payments are correctly authorised in line with internal procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of payments, transfers and treasury transactions.
• Support inter-account cash transfers where required.
• Work closely with Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger teams regarding anticipated receipts and payments.
• Maintain bank mandates, authorised signatories and payment authorities.
• Support controls around online banking access and payment processing.
• Investigate failed, duplicated, unidentified or unusual transactions.
• Liaise with banking providers regarding accounts, payments and treasury queries.
• Maintain clear treasury records and audit trails.
• Support month-end and year-end reporting relating to cash and treasury.
• Identify and escalation potential payment, banking, fraud or cash-management risks.

Skills

Treasury experience

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Payments processing

Excel skills

Financial data

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

ERP systems

Education

AAT/ACT or treasury qualification

Tools

Online banking platforms

ERP systems

Job description

Fresh People in Canterbury, Kent is seeking an experienced Treasury Assistant to support day-to-day cash, banking and payment activities.

You will work closely with the Finance team to ensure funds are managed, payments are processed accurately and treasury controls are maintained.

This hands-on role offers a varied treasury function and opportunities to contribute to cash-flow forecasting and month-end reporting. Salary is £35,000 per annum; full‑time, Monday to Friday, based in Canterbury, Kent.