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This role sits within the Payments and Cash Management team within the Finance Centre of Expertise, an important centralised function supporting the business. This role is responsible for core payment, cash management and accounts payable activities.

This is a great opportunity to hone and develop your finance skills, work alongside and learn from exceptional finance professionals, and we're happy to support additional qualifications to help with your career and development. 

Key Responsibilities

Payments, Cash Management and Controls

• Process and release supplier, staff expense and treasury payments accurately and within agreed cut-off times, escalating issues in line with service levels.
• Manage shared team inboxes and resolve queries within agreed SLAs.
• Execute FX and money market fund trades where required, in line with approved mandates.

Reconciliations, Reporting and Month End

• Prepare journals, cashflow reporting and balance analysis.
• Perform bank, control account and ledger reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances.
• Produce management information and reconciliation outputs for month end reporting.

Expenses, Suppliers and Banking Administration

• Process staff expenses and supplier invoices, ensuring accurate coding, VAT treatment and policy compliance.
• Maintain supplier and bank master data, including onboarding checks and ongoing compliance reviews.
• Support bank account administration, including account opening and closure, signatories and KYC requirements.

Audit, Improvements and Ways of Working

• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and explanations as required.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and controls, including effective adoption of approved AI tools and automation solutions.
• Provide cover for colleagues and support ad hoc requests across the Payments and Cash Management team and wider Finance team as required.

✅ Experience in a treasury, accounts payable, payments or cash management role.

✅ Strong attention to detail, with the ability to handle confidential information appropriately.

✅ Effective stakeholder communication and customer service skills.

✅Competent Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables.

Desirable:

✅Experience using treasury and accounts payable systems such as Kyriba and Proactis.

✅Familiarity with online banking platforms, including HSBC, NatWest, Barclays and Santander.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen?

This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that. 

💰 A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan 
✈️ Untracked holiday 
🏡 Hybrid working – most of our people spend 3 days a week in the office 
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more 
👪 Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender 
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection 
🏥 Private medical insurance for you and your family 
🚗 Electric vehicle leasing 

Our Values 
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.   

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.