Treasury Finance Assistant

Contact Wendy Blair  |  028 2563 1555  |  [email protected] 


Treasury Finance Assistant - Belfast - Northern Ireland Water 

Do you come from a finance background and looking a move into the Public Sector? "NI Water is a Government Owned Company (GoCo), set up in April 2007 to provide the water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland.

 Currently ranked as high as 2nd in the NI Top 100 company listings, we recognise that our people are what make NI Water a great place to work, so we’re always looking for talented and passionate individuals that can help us on our journey to becoming world class"

•  £28,441 per annum
• Westland House, Belfast
• 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• 6 months with possible extension to 9 - 12 months
• Parking facilities on site
• Public Sector

• Upholding the company values of Respect, Excellence, Customer, Integrity and Sustainability Treasury is responsible for the effective management of liquidity, investment, counterparty, interest rate, foreign exchange and other financial risks for the NI Water Group of Companies.
•  This involves responsibility for:all aspects of cash and borrowing management for the Group to ensure that cash balances are available to meet obligations for payments to employees, suppliers, customers,
• DfI and others as they fall due management of the contractual relationships with banking partners supporting NI Water Group of Companies.
• The processing, recording and management of all financial transactions relating to bank transactions, borrowing transactions, financing costs, intercompany financing, and some income streams. 
•  The authorisation of payments to suppliers, employees and other stakeholders including BACS files, online payments and cheques.
•  Development of Treasury processes to support the business in achieving customer facing process improvements through the development of customer payment and refund options such as online, card and electronic transactions.
•  Development and review of treasury processes to ensure they are fit for purpose, up to date and support the company values of excellence and sustainability. 
•  Provision of subject matter expertise for processing and accounting for banking, payments and receipt transactions and other Treasury related risk management considerations to the various projects throughout the company seeking improvements for customers and adoption of banking innovations where appropriate for the NIW Group of Companies.
•  Due to the high risk, high value and nature of the transactions processed by Treasury a strong control environment encompassing an appropriate level of internal controls operates within the Treasury function to protect the Group against the risk of loss from financial error or fraud. This includes segregations of duties and joint authorisations.
  

Criteria: 

• At least two-years experience of working in a Finance/Accounting environment  

OR 

• A HNC/HND/Degree in a Business/Finance related qualification
• Proficiency in MS Word and MS Excel.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Financials desirable.
• As part of the reference checking and vetting process for this position you will be requested to undertake a Standard  AccessNI Disclosure. Having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.