Senior Treasury Accountant

Job Title: Senior Treasury Accountant

Location: Lancashire

Pay Bracket: £50,000 - £68,000 per annum (Candidates with slightly higher salary expectations are encouraged to apply)

Our client is a long-established financial institution who are going through an exciting period of growth, and their team now needs to expand and recruit a Senior Treasury Accountant.

The Treasury Accountant would be responsible for preparing Treasury ALM reporting for ALCo and for ensuring regulatory returns are completed in accordance with the appropriate accounting, statutory and regulatory requirements.

The ideal start date for this role would require candidates to be available at short notice. If you are unsure, please apply for the role and the recruitment team will discuss your suitability.

Your main roles and responsibilities:

• Preparation of all ALM reports, for inclusion in the ALCo reporting and regulatory returns, including Mismatch Report/ GAP Report / Interest Rate Sensitivity Report / Basis Risk / Derivative reporting.
• Execute liquidity, funding, and derivative transactions in line with financial policies.
• Ensure compliance with liquidity requirements (e.g., Liquidity Coverage Ratio).
• Manage surplus funds and secure wholesale funding as needed within approved limits.
• Follow UK Money Markets Code to ensure compliance and fraud prevention.
• Provide updates and future plans to the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO).
• Keep operational procedures and risk registers updated.
• Build and maintain relationships with brokers, custodians, and counterparties.
• Prepare and submit accurate financial data and regulatory returns on time.
• Maintain a log of reporting deadlines and ensure timely submissions.
• Develop and review procedure documentation and reporting files.
• Monitor regulatory changes, providing updates to the leadership team and ALCO as needed.
• Update and validate monthly data in reporting software.
• Prepare monthly journal entries (e.g., loss provisioning, EIR).
• Support the creation of annual financial reports in line with accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong understanding of key regulatory requirements within the financial services industry.
• Experience of Treasury core systems, particularly ALMIS.
• Focused on continuous improvement.
• Excel Financial modelling
• Knowledge of Treasury Back Office regulations and legislation impacting building societies.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

You'll benefit from:

• A salary up to £68,000 per year
• Hybrid Working (Minimum 1 day a week)
• Annual Bonus
• Free Parking
• Flexible Working Hours

Don't tick every box?

We encourage candidates to push themselves and to go for it! Whilst you might not meet all the criteria we're looking for, there are plenty of opportunities to develop yourself.

We also have additional vacancies like this one at a more junior and senior level, if you're not suitable for this position, we might have others that you'd like to hear about! Nothing ventured is nothing gained.

For immediate consideration please submit an updated CV to this advert, the client is happy to wait if the right person has a notice period.

What's next?

Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be invited to a registration with Thomas ahead of submitting your CV to the client. We will have a good chat regarding your career and how we can help.

Following this, your CV will be sent off with a consultant overview to secure you the interview. The interview process will be two stages with a competency-based test.