Job Description

OVERALL SUMMARYAt Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you dont tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.Join Close Brothers Treasury Team where you will work closely with Treasury front office and be responsible for controlling and reporting on the transactions that they undertake, taking ownership of the daily control processes including Daily risk and limit reporting, price verification and profit and loss reporting.RESPONSIBILITIESDaily Risk Reporting

• Preparing and distributing Treasurys daily Interest Rate Risk report, monitoring limits for EVE & EAR, explaining movements, reporting limit breaches, and verifying remediating trades.
• Preparing and distributing Treasurys daily Liquidity Report analysing and verifying day on day movements.
• Daily monitoring and reporting of Credit limits and reporting any credit rating changes.
• Daily monitoring and reporting of Fx Limits

Monthly Responsibilities

• Maintaining the Treasury Finance derivative portfolio including valuation checks to counterparty statements and reconciliation to the financial statements.
• Maintenance of the Treasury Finance Security portfolios including preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparing the daily P&L Report, explaining movements, and reconciling to the financial statement.
• Assisting the Finance team to perform the monthly close process, ensuring that relevant controls operate effectively and that all variances are adequately explained.

Quarterly / Semi Annual Responsibilities

• Provide information for the completion of the Financial Statements, explaining period movements where required.
• Assist the team in completing a clean audit.
• Provide information for the quarterly FINREP return.

Hedge Accounting

• Work closely with the Hedge accountant to be able to cover the hedge accounting month end process in case they are not available

Risk & Compliance

• Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• Working towards an accounting or finance qualification

• Good Excel / IT skills and competent at working with large volumes of data
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to identify and remediate key control issues
• Good attention to detail
• Strong commitment to meeting deadlines.
• Must have a curious and proactive mind-set and understand the xe2x80x98why; not afraid to question and challenge
• Able to work in fast paced environments
• Must work well within teams and able to engage with a variety of people across multiple departments.

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU:

• Qualified or part qualified accountant
• An understanding of Treasury operations and of the key drivers of value within the business
• Previous experience working in banking finance
• Experience with SAP general ledger
• Experience with Bloomberg
• Experience with FIS - Quantum Treasury management system

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.ABOUT USAt Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page:To find out more about life at Close Brothers:To find out more about our benefits:To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:#LI-HYBRID #LI-TM1At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.

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