Group Treasury Analyst

Aspen Pharma Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A Dublin-based treasury role within Aspen Treasury Ireland Limited. The role covers front and middle office activities, accounting and reporting support, and collaboration with the Group Treasury to meet governance and risk objectives.

You will engage in coordinating administrative tasks, preparing management information, and maintaining treasury system data while ensuring compliance with treasury policy and controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce or similar qualification is required.
• CA (IR) is preferred, but not required.
• CIMA/ Certificate in Treasury or similar accounting or finance qualifications is advantageous.
• Chartered Accountants Ireland is preferred, but not required.
• Experience and familiarity with treasury concepts and accounting controls are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Undertake day-to-day front and middle office operating activities and provide dedicated support in accounting and reporting.
• Contribute to administrative, coordination and analytical activities to enable efficient Group Treasury operation.
• Prepare, review and contribute to monthly management accounts, budgets and internal controls tests.
• Monitor and manage banking relationships, cash flow forecasting and treasury system inputs.
• Support treasury risk management activities including liquidity, FX exposure and KPI monitoring.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial accounting

Internal controls

Excel

Word

Outlook

Multitasking

Deadline driven

Professionalism

Treasury knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Commerce or similar qualification

CA (IR) is preferred, but not required

CIMA/ Certificate in Treasury or similar qualifications is advantageous

Chartered Accountants Ireland preferred, but not required

Tools

SAP Treasury

Job description

We're looking for a curious, driven and adaptable Treasury professional (or accounting professional looking to move into Treasury) to join our Dublin-based team. Over the last several years, we have built a strong treasury platform, established robust operating frameworks, and developed a high-performing team. While the foundations are firmly in place, we continue to evolve, improve and challenge ourselves in pursuit of excellence.

This is an opportunity to join an established team that still offers the pace, variety and opportunity of a dynamic environment. You'll gain exposure to a broad range of treasury, accounting, risk management and operational activities, while helping shape how Treasury supports the wider Group.

If you're ready to commit, contribute and grow, we'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining why this role is for you.

Job Purpose

• With respect to the Group's Irish treasury entity (Aspen Treasury Ireland Limited or “ATIL”) to undertake day-to-day front and middle office operating activities and to provide dedicated support in the areas of accounting and reporting.
• To undertake administrative, coordination and analytical activities that enable the efficient functioning of Group Treasury with the ultimate goal of ensuring the Group meets its treasury objectives as outlined in the Group Treasury Policy.

With respect to Aspen Treasury Ireland Limited:

Non-operational activities

Under direction from the Group Executive: Treasury (“GET”) and the Group Head: Treasury (“GHT”), and ordinarily subject to review from the Group Treasury Controller (“GTC”) to undertake administrative, analytical or preparation activities aligned to ATIL’s risk and control matrix, the primary goal of which is to ensure ATIL meets its reporting, compliance and payment obligations on time and in full, which include but are not limited to:

Preparing, producing, supporting and/ or contributing towards:

• Company budgets
• Internal Audit controls testing
• Board meeting information pack
• Capital adequacy assessment
• Risk and control matrix and alignment thereof to workflow productivity system

Review:

• Third party and intragroup treasury-related invoices
• Preparation and/ or review of monthly management accounts

Operational activities

• To undertake front office activities (i.e. pre-trade counterparty engagement, trade execution and capturing to ATIL’s treasury system) and middle office activities (i.e. near-term cash forecast review, FX exposure identification and measurement, trade recommendation, validating trades captured to ATIL’s treasury system, validating market data that is fed into ATIL’s treasury system) with respect to treasury-related facilities, instruments and trades, ensuring that such activities are undertaken timeously, correctly, efficiently and in line with ATIL’s strategy, risk tolerances and standard operating protocols;
• Under direction from the GET, to undertake supporting activities with respect to management of ATIL’s bank and trading accounts with its banking counterparties, including account opening/ maintenance documentation, facilitating know-your-customer procedures, establishment and maintenance of mandates and standard settlement instructions, and the creation and maintenance of master data records in ATIL’s treasury system so as to ensure that ATIL is appropriately enabled to operate in accordance with its strategy;
• To monitor ATIL’s banking fees, ensuring fees charged to ATIL are reasonable when compared to transaction volumes and annual price lists agreed to with the bank.

With respect to the Group’s overall treasury objectives:

Arising from the Treasury Policy:

• Under direction from the GET and the GHT, to periodically undertake administrative and coordination activities, and to prepare analyses, with respect to certain of the Group’s treasury-related risks (i.e. interest rate, foreign exchange, liquidity, loan undertakings, counterparty, capital adequacy, cash optimisation) which are aimed at ensuring such risks are managed within risk tolerances stipulated in the Group’s treasury policy;
• Contribute towards the Group Treasury Committee meeting information pack and/ or minutes and contribute towards the monitoring and measurement of the KPIs as per the Group’s treasury policy.

In support of Group Treasury (as a Group-wide business function):

• Under direction from the GET and the GHT, to undertake administrative and coordination activities with respect to the operating effectiveness of key risk management processes/ areas specific to Group Treasury (including its detailed risk and controls matrix and internal audit testing);
• Under direction from the GET and GHT, and subject to review by the GTC, to undertake preparation, administrative and coordination activities with respect to the Group’s covenant compliance reporting and counterparties know-your-customer obligations;
• In consultation with the GET and the GHT, to implement and realise new ways of working and technology enablers adding value through automation and simplification of existing workstreams;
• To support the GET, GHT and/ or GTC with respect to administrative activities required to enable/ maintain Group entities’ transactional banking requirements;
• With respect to small-to-medium-sized assignments: using a combination of standardised and innovative methods, tools or frameworks, to lead the technical execution of such assignments, including providing technical direction to other more junior professionals or specialists working thereon;
• With respect to large assignments: under direction from the GET and the GHT, and with a limited degree of autonomy, to apply their technical knowledge in supporting the execution of such assignments.
• Formal Qualification
• Bachelor of Commerce or similar qualification
• CA (IR) is preferred, but not required
• CIMA/ Certificate in Treasury or similar accounting or finance-related qualifications is advantageous
• Specific experience, Knowledge and registrations
• Chartered Accountants Ireland is preferred, but not required
• Financial services industry, or in the finance/ treasury division of a mid to large corporate
• Accounting articles experience (preferably with financial services or treasury-type multinational clients)
• +1 year post articles experience is preferred, but not essential
• Knowledge of/ previous use of SAP Treasury

Work-specific Skills & Exposure Skills And Attributes

• Experience in communicating with a large number of stakeholders
• Good understanding of financial accounting and internal controls
• Well organised and methodical approach to tasks;
• Excellent Excel, Word and Outlook skills;
• Ability to multi-task and manage several tasks simultaneously;
• Adherence to deadlines, and proactive management of stakeholder expectations in relation thereto;
• Professional commitment to stakeholders;

Knowledge

• Moderate understanding or skill level in:
• Corporate-treasury concepts and related financial instruments (including hedging instruments, loan agreements and guarantees)
• Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook skills with the ability to apply these tools to a range of different scenarios
• Irish company law and corporate processes