Treasury Assistant

Treasury Assistant 

Location - Haywards Heath (Hybrid) 

Job Overview

The Treasury Assistant will contribute to the department in delivering the Group Finance business plan in accordance with own responsibilities to meet business growth targets. Carry out daily treasury activities, including cash management, funding, reporting and reconciliations.  You will also be required to assist with group projects and to work with other members of the Treasury team to ensure smooth running of daily tasks and month end processes.

 Responsibilities

• Work within the parameters of the agreed business plan for Group Finance.
• Work within agreed processes in order to deliver business plan in line with the Group Finance policy.

• Processing claim payments and brokers premium receipts.  To make manual payments, foreign payments, processing cheque requests and cancellations. Printing and sending daily claims cheques. Processing daily direct credit payments.
• Processing recovery cheques and receipts. Preparing files for automated posting process. Depositing cheques to banks. Investigating and resolving unreferenced payments by contacting third parties by emails or calls. Processing cash book postings, reconciliation and raising inter account transfers.
• Monitoring activities of bank accounts. Updating cash forms and reconciling bank accounts to underwriting/payment systems.  Managing and resolving bank queries. Process daily cheques analysis to stop and prevent fraudulent activities.
• Reporting daily cash positions of insurer accounts. Assisting with cash flows.  
• Posting journals and reconciling month end accounts on Sage 1000 & Sage Intacct.
• Build and maintain relationships with both External and Internal contacts.
• Committed to promoting a supportive working environment within the department. Covering other Treasury Assistant’s duties during their absence.
• Assisting ad hoc tasks and projects. Provide support to Finance team & Treasury Team Leader by ensuring delivery of own performance against agreed objectives, KPI’s and SLA’s.
• To ensure that all tasks and responsibilities are carried out in accordance with our Values and Customer Service Charter.
• To adhere to Company processes regarding FCA compliance and Treating Customers Fairly. To ensure that GDPR, FCA, and other regulatory requirements are met.

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience working in a similar role or high-volume bank reconciliation experience.
• Computer literacy, highly numerate, intermediate excel skills, proven accurate data entry.
• A strong multitasker who is organised and has excellent attention to detail.
• Someone who will deliver high quality work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work closely with team colleagues, coupled with working with limited supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.