Aurora Energy Research

Temporary Treasury Accountant

Aurora Energy Research

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Oxford • United Kingdom

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ERP

About the role

  • Manage the Group’s daily cash position across multiple currencies, entities and banking partners, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet operational and strategic needs
  • Prepare, maintain and continuously improve a rolling 13-week cashflow forecast, including variance analysis, commentary and reporting to the Finance Leadership Team
  • Produce longer-term cash forecasts to support budgeting, funding requirements and capital expenditure planning
  • Review payment runs and support payment approvals in line with short-term cash forecasts, budgets, liquidity requirements and internal controls
  • Manage the Group’s loan facilities, including ongoing reporting and monitoring, covenant compliance and headroom analysis, forecasting drawdowns and repayments, ensuring facilities are available and can be accessed when required
  • Prepare information for lenders and internal stakeholders relating to funding and liquidity
  • Provide clear insight to management on funding capacity, risks and options
  • Manage intercompany cash movements between Group entities, ensuring they are executed in line with transfer pricing policies, intercompany agreements and tax requirements
  • Work closely with the Tax Manager to ensure intercompany funding, interest calculations and cash movements are compliant and appropriately documented
  • Support accurate accounting and reporting of intercompany balances, interest and settlements
  • Own relationships with the Group’s banking partners globally, including day-to-day operational matters and negotiation of fees, terms and services
  • Maintain oversight of bank account structures and mandates, ensuring they are up to date, well controlled and consistently documented across all countries
  • Design, implement and maintain consistent processes for payments, approvals and controls across the Group to ensure cash is protected and processes are scalable
  • Ensure strong treasury controls are in place to safeguard cash and comply with internal policies and external regulations
  • Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled daily and monthly, with transactions accurately coded and posted in Dynamics 365 (ERP)
  • Take responsibility for treasury-related activities at month-end and year-end, including journals, reconciliations and supporting schedules
  • Support the external audit process by providing treasury-related information and explanations
  • Ensure treasury activity is correctly reflected in management accounts and statutory reporting
  • Design, implement and operate the Group’s Foreign Exchange Policy
  • Monitor and report on foreign currency exposures and positions, working closely with local finance teams
  • Identify and mitigate risks relating to FX, interest rates and liquidity, using hedging strategies where appropriate
  • Work closely with FP&A, management accounts, tax manager and local finance teams to ensure accurate cash reporting and effective financial decision-making
  • Partner with the ERP project team to enhance the ERP cash module, driving automation, improved controls and better treasury reporting
  • Provide clear, insightful and timely treasury information and reporting to the finance leadership team to support decisions on cash, funding, investments and risk
  • Support ad-hoc treasury and finance projects as required by the business

Requirements

  • Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or actively studying towards one
  • Proven experience in a Treasury Accountant / Treasury Analyst / Cash Accountant role within a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
  • Strong, hands-on experience producing and owning a rolling 13-week cashflow forecast, including variance analysis and stakeholder reporting
  • Solid understanding of day-to-day cash management, liquidity monitoring and short-term funding requirements
  • Experience working with group loan facilities, including reporting, drawdowns, repayments and covenant monitoring
  • Good understanding of treasury accounting, including bank reconciliations, treasury journals and month-end close processes
  • Experience managing or maintaining bank accounts and mandates, with a strong focus on controls and auditability
  • High attention to detail and a strong control mindset, particularly around payments, approvals and cash protection
  • Comfortable working with ERP systems and banking platforms, including extracting, reconciling and validating data
  • Confident communicator, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation
  • Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, international environment
  • Hands-on, proactive and comfortable “owning” tasks from start to finish.
  • Well organised, methodical and process driven
Benefits
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Parental Support
  • Salary-Exchange Pension
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Local Oxford Discounts
  • Cycle-to-work Scheme
  • Flu Jabs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cashflow forecastingvariance analysisliquidity managementtreasury accountingbank reconciliationsfinancial reportingcovenant compliancehedging strategiesintercompany transactionsforeign exchange management
Soft Skills
attention to detailcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillsproactive mindsetability to influencemethodical approachtime managementproblem-solvingstakeholder management
Certifications
ACAACCACIMAprofessional accounting qualification