Treasury Analyst in Southampton

Leads the development and delivery of Arqiva's treasury vision and strategy, as well as managing corporate liquidity, debt financing, financial risk, and banking relationships to ensure financial health and maximise shareholder value, making a significant impact on the Finance function outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Treasury strategy: Lead development and execution of plans to realise the treasury vision and strategy, ensuring efficient treasury operations and financial health.
• Cash & liquidity management: Oversee daily cash operations, bank account management, and short-term cash forecasting to ensure adequate liquidity and working cash optimisation.
• Capital structure & financing: Manage corporate debt, credit facilities, and capital markets activities (e.g., bonds, derivatives, equity issuance) to fund operations and investment programmes. Support the Director of Corporate Finance in developing Arqiva's capital structure strategy, optimising the balance of debt, equity, and hybrid instruments to support long-term investment requirements, credit metrics, covenant compliance, and shareholder return objectives.
• Risk management: Identify and mitigate risks, particularly foreign exchange exposure, interest rate risks, liquidity risks, and counterparty credit risks, ensuring hedge accounting compliance where applicable.
• Banking & investor relations: Maintain relationships with banks and support engagement with rating agencies and investors.
• Compliance & governance: Ensure treasury policies adhere to internal controls and regulatory requirements. Monitor and ensure compliance with financial covenants.
• Expertise: Operate as an SME within own field of expertise, continuously developing expert knowledge of emerging trends and changes in treasury principles and practices and sharing this knowledge with team members as relevant.
• Strategic advice: Provide strategic Treasury advice to CFO, Executive Committee, and Board on funding strategies, and own the relationship with the shareholder board sub-committee (Capital Structure Committee) and significant credit rating agencies, banks, and debt investors.
• Team management: Role model Arqiva's culture goals with the team, building respect and credibility; set a high-performance bar and challenge the team to deliver sustainable results by developing skills and capabilities.
• Communication: Connect, collaborate, and lead communication transparently, balancing face-to-face and virtual interactions with teams across the business to encourage cross-functional understanding, agreement, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in treasury or a related field with knowledge of Treasury operations, derivatives management, and capital markets.
• Experience of developing and executing plans to realise treasury strategies for large, complex organisations.
• Experience of significantly improving treasury value in a large, complex organisation.
• Public and private debt market experiences, including raising of debt, hedging, and derivatives.
• Proven experience of effectively managing investor, banking, and credit rating agency stakeholders.
• Fully qualified (or with equivalent experience) in a relevant accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA) or Treasury qualification.

At Arqiva, you'll find real connection: supportive teams, active colleague networks, and plenty of ways to get involved and feel part of our community. Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is paramount, and we are dedicated to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to succeed.