Senior Treasury Analyst - Risk

Arriva; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Treasury Analyst, where you'll manage treasury activities focusing on risk management and financial insights. This role offers the chance to work within a dynamic treasury function, supporting strategic initiatives and enhancing financial operations. With a commitment to employee well-being and a culture that values diversity, you'll thrive in an environment that encourages personal and professional growth. Enjoy true hybrid working, generous benefits, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive team.

Benefits

Generous Pension Plan

Life Assurance

25 Days Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Eyecare Vouchers

Free Arriva Bus Travel

Access to Discounts and Cash Back

Opportunity for Career Development

Global Inclusion Network

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Background in finance or accounting with a relevant degree.
• Experience in multinational treasury environment with financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Manage bank counterparty limits and ensure compliance.
• Prepare and deliver Treasury reporting and insights.

Skills

Numerical Skills

Analytical Skills

Financial Modelling

Forecasting

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Relevant Business Degree

Treasury Qualification (AMCT, CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Tools

Microsoft Office

ION Treasury Systems

Job description

Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day.

We have strong roots dating back to 1938, an ambitious growth agenda, and a continuously developing relationship with our new shareholder I Squared Capital who acquired Arriva in May 2024.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dedicated treasury function - Arriva Treasury Company Limited - on a 12-month fixed-term basis as a Senior Treasury Analyst - Corporate & Risk. Operating under the wider Group Treasury Policy, Arriva Treasury Company Limited functions as a distinct entity within the group, delivering specialist services such as funding, liquidity, and risk management through its In-House Bank, the central hub for banking and funding operations across the group's operating units.

In this role, you'll support a wide range of treasury activities, with a particular focus on risk management. Reporting to the Treasury Manager - Corporate & Risk, you'll be responsible for delivering FX and fuel hedging solutions, analysing fuel forecasts to provide strategic insight, and working closely with business units to identify and manage financial risk exposures. You will also manage bonds and guarantees under the Group Senior Facilities Agreement, contribute treasury input to business tenders, and deliver lease pricing and modelling to support capital investment decisions.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Proactive management and reporting on bank counterparty limits, ensuring that transactions are placed that do not result in a breach of an established limit.
• To support the Treasury Analyst with reviewing collateral applications to ensure compliance with policy, recording them in the register and forwarding for appropriate approval. To assist with the quarterly reconciliation between operating companies and Treasury records.
• To prepare the consolidation of quarterly business units' fuel forecasts and identify additional hedging requirements that comply with Treasury policy and recommend hedges to Treasury leadership team. Follow up with business units on material variances in both forecast to forecast and actuals to forecast.
• To coordinate with operating companies, legal, company secretariat and Treasury on the preparation and approval of all Treasury applications seeking collateral issuance or changes external/internal credit facilities. Maintain a registry of all applications and their current approval status. Follow up with the relevant teams if their full approval has not been delivered and there is a risk of the specified deadline being missed.
• With the Treasury Manager, prepare any hedge accounting documentation and effectiveness testing of hedges transacted.
• To prepare and deliver to agreed deadlines regular Treasury reporting and any ad-hoc reporting required by the Treasury leadership team. Identify opportunities to make Treasury reports more efficient and provide actionable insight.
• Ensure Arriva is fully compliant with internal and regulatory compliance.

What we'd like from you!

The ideal candidate will have a background in finance or accounting, supported by a relevant business degree, and will be either fully qualified or actively studying towards a recognised treasury or accounting qualification such as AMCT, CIMA, ACCA, or ACA.

You will bring hands-on experience from a multinational treasury environment, with exposure to treasury accounting, financial modelling, forecasting, and analysis. Experience in investment appraisal or a background in group FP&A would also be highly beneficial.

Candidates will also:

• Possess strong numerical and analytical skills with a good eye for attention to detail.
• Be organised and able to prioritise tasks and activities.
• Be self-assured in building and developing the appropriate models or forecasts and applying the correct analysis to deliver insightful and actionable recommendations.
• Have a willingness and ability to absorb new information and skills quickly.
• Be target focused with proven ability to add value / deliver outstanding results to tight deadlines in a fast-paced changing environment.
• Possess excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to quickly establish effective relationships both internally and externally at all levels in the organisation.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to perform financial modelling.

Experience with ION Refinitiv or other ION treasury systems would be an advantage, though not essential.

Finally, we're looking for candidates aligned to Arriva's values: caring passionately, doing the right thing and making a difference.

What we can offer you in addition to a competitive base salary:

• True hybrid working - focusing on where you can best deliver for your customers, whilst still allowing for the required work life balance.
• A generous pension plan.
• Life Assurance plus access to one of the UK's largest networks of medical professionals (UK based colleagues).
• 25 days holidays and statutory bank holidays per year (pro rata for mid-year joiners), and opportunity to purchase additional holiday in eligible windows.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Access to discounts and cash back through 'The Village' - our Online Reward Gateway.
• Eyecare vouchers.
• The opportunity to join our Employee Experience Forum - a community of people leading activity and initiatives to enhance Wellbeing, Career Development and Communications within our community in the Corporate Centre.
• The opportunity to join a Global Arriva Inclusion Network (GAIN) group- a community of people who are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Free Arriva bus travel for you and immediate family outside of London - T&C's apply
• And a truly wonderful team to be joining!

Why work for us?

Arriva is a people focused business. In every part of Arriva, our people deliver high standards of customer service and work together to demonstrate kindness, determination, and resilience.

Our values were created by Arriva people. They guide our actions and the way we work, helping to reflect and shape our culture. They focus on caring, integrity and making the difference.

Our people choose to work for us, and to stay with us, because we are a great place to work. At Arriva, we strive to create a culture where we can all be ourselves, where we belong, feel respected and our differences celebrated.

We actively seek out and value difference. We want our business to reflect the wide range of communities in which we operate, so we can serve them even better.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 11 May 2025. Arriva Group reserve the right to close this vacancy early.