Assurance - FAAS - Treasury - Manager - London, Reading or Manchester

Location: Reading

Other locations: Anywhere in Country

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Our EY Corporate Treasury Practice is looking for talented professionals to deliver consultative Treasury assurance and advisory services to our high profile global and UK clients within this dynamic area of our business.

The Opportunity

A role in Corporate Treasury is multi-dimensional. Whether you’re coming from an audit background or are currently working in a Corporate Treasury or Treasury Management environment, we can align a role with your experience. In return for helping us build a better working world, you can expect excellent career opportunities within a high growth and collaborative environment.

Your key responsibilities:

• Businesses rely on our knowledge and expertise to shape the future of their financial strategy, to determine which financial solutions meet their needs, and to guide them through periods of market volatility and stability.
• You will play a key role in driving growth by developing new and existing client relationships and delivering a first-class customer experience on high-profile engagements.
• Treasury systems design, select and implementation: you will play a pivotal role providing specialist advice in relation to the design of the future treasury function, developing transformation plan, managing Treasury Management System implementation from initiation to completion.
• Corporate Treasury Advisory and Consulting: maturity assessments; improvement and treasury transformation projects; controls and governance reviews; cash flow forecasting, cash flow management and liquidity optimisation; bank account rationalisation, banking RFP, financial due diligence support.
• EY Audit Support: Providing independent expert knowledge to EY Audit clients via EY Audit teams on financial instrument valuations and accounting, hedge accounting, expected credit loss allowance calculations and incremental borrowing rate calculations.
• Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS): directly advising non-EY Audit clients on how they should be accounting for financial instruments in terms of IFRS 9, 13 and 16 and FRS 102.
• Actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships and networks.
• Manage client engagement risk and supervise the team to ensure client deliverables are met.
• Provide subject matter expertise to clients on industry best practices and emerging trends.
• People and performance management, coaching junior colleagues throughout the performance year.

Skills and attributes for success:

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a prominent contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. You will have the team behind giving you their full support. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and teams on resolutions that will impact entire engagements.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• One of the following: Fully qualified chartered accountant e.g. ACCA, ACA, CA, CPA, ICAS, or international equivalent, with professional external audit experience; OR Hold a Treasury qualification (ACT, AMCT, CFA) and have experience working in a Corporate Finance or Treasury role; OR Degree level education or international equivalent (preferably in an Accounting/Finance related subject).
• Treasury Management System certification: Kyriba, FIS, Gtreasury, ION, SAP, etc.
• Relevant professional Treasury experience e.g. Corporate Treasury, hedge accounting, or valuations experience, or within a treasury or financial risk system software vendor.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ideally you’ll also have:

• The ability to assess business practices and articulate gaps and opportunities for improvement compared to typical industry practices.
• Experience and understanding of treasury operations, including treasury systems (such as SAP S/4HANA), cash management, financial risk management, funding and debt management, bank relationship management.
• Experience and understanding of treasury governance, processes risks and controls.
• Knowledge of accounting and valuations of financial instruments (IFRS, UK GAAP or equivalent).
• Demonstrated interest in Financial Markets, Corporate Treasury, and/or financial risk modelling.
• The ability to explain specialised concepts to non-technical audiences.

What we look for:

We’re interested in motivated and collaborative professionals with a genuine interest in learning and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes.

What we offer:

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.