At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to manage treasury operations and drive innovative financial strategies.
- Company: AstraZeneca, a leading global pharmaceutical company focused on impactful healthcare solutions.
- Benefits: Flexible working, competitive salary, and excellent learning opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Embrace a culture of innovation and support while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient lives while developing your finance skills in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: Degree-level education with a professional finance qualification and experience in international treasury functions.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, our business is focused on providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare. At AstraZeneca, innovation is about more than just research. We aim to stimulate continued creativity throughout our organisation by maintaining a culture in which our people feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and contribution to our success.
In Finance, you may not feel you're at the frontline of research but your role in changing patients' lives is critical. Our mission is ambitious and it takes the skills of a collaborative team to really deliver on what science can do and to always put patients first. AstraZeneca’s Finance function aims to deliver excellence in financial operations and insight.
AstraZeneca has an opportunity for a Senior Treasury Analyst to join the Treasury Front Office team as part of the wider Group Treasury function based in our central Cambridge office. Working within a collaborative team you will be responsible for a variety of activities, ranging from advising local AZ business units on treasury related matters, through driving process improvement initiatives within Front Office to a shared responsibility for day-to-day Group liquidity and foreign exchange dealing.
The role requires an individual to have a good attention to detail, curiosity, intuition, decisiveness and the ability to prioritise. The Group Treasury team is currently made up of 22 individuals, supporting the AstraZeneca Group on all Treasury matters.
Role and Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and evaluate the Groups’ transactional FX exposures (+$40bn per annum), proposing relevant risk thresholds and hedging strategies.
- Contribute to the balance sheet hedging program for all principal AZ Group entities with aggregate FX exposures of +$2bn.
- Contribute to Groups’ cash investment activities, proposing relevant investment products and execution strategies.
- Evaluate and propose hedging execution strategies related to significant one-off transactions e.g. business development transactions.
- Provide advice and guidance as required to the wider Group Treasury team and proactively engage with Business Units, including the internal funding requirements and FX risk management of AZ Group entities.
- Contribute and where appropriate lead ad-hoc treasury projects and initiatives, working with other internal teams as appropriate.
- Challenge existing Front Office processes to drive continuous improvement. Drive implementation of AI enabled solutions to improve control and/or efficiency.
- Support Assistant Treasurer – Corporate Finance with preparation, analysis and discussions with credit rating agencies.
- Assist with the production of the Quarterly CFO Report for Group Treasury, ensuring all content is received on time, complete and of a high standard.
- Initiate and drive “value-add” activities within Front Office.
- Support and as necessary provide cover for daily Front Office activities performed by Treasury Analyst – Front Office, including FX dealing, liquidity management and investments.
- Assist with collaboration and alignment of Front Office activities between the Cambridge and New Haven treasury teams.
- Collaborate with Treasury Operations to ensure efficient execution of daily tasks.
- Issue short-term debt in the US Commercial Paper market.
- Assist with the production of daily, weekly and other periodic reporting related to Front Office activities.
- Run and analyse Front Office monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Qualified to degree level with a professional finance qualification e.g. ACT, CIMA, CFA.
- Experience working in an international Treasury function with significant dealing exposures.
- Good understanding of and interest in financial markets.
- Focus on delivery and able to work accurately and decisively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Knowledge of developing AI models and deployment to improve treasury processes and activities.
- Sets high personal standards and takes responsibility for delivering top-class service, always acting with integrity.
- Experience of treasury management system, preferably Quantum.
- Strong Excel skills and comfortable with basic statistical and financial analysis.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to foster respectful working relationships within AZ and with our external financial counterparties.
We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best.
Senior Treasury Analyst – Front Office in Cambridge employer: AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Cambridge where innovation meets collaboration. Employees benefit from a culture that values entrepreneurial thinking and scientific excellence, alongside opportunities for professional growth through mentorship and cross-functional projects. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, AstraZeneca fosters a supportive atmosphere that empowers individuals to make meaningful contributions to life-changing medicines.
