Treasury Associate

SNC-Lavalin is going through an exciting period of change.  A Canadian listed engineering and construction firm, on July 2017 they acquired the UK engineering consultancy Atkins bringing with it a great opportunity to re-position the SNC-Lavalin brand in the eyes of our markets and ahead of our competitors.  The combined group now has approximately 50,000 employees around the world and both Atkins and SNC-L’s offerings combined give us the opportunity to continue our growth.  The future of engineering and construction is in the greater use of data, combined with technologies to deliver our services more efficiently and bring different offerings to our clients.  From apps, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, to mobility as a service and digital asset management, we are combining our traditional engineering skills with technology to fundamentally change the way we do things. 

The Treasury Associate role is a SNC-Lavalin Group Treasury role reporting to the Assistant Treasurer of SNC-Lavalin, based in Epsom.  The key responsibilities of this role relate to:

FX – FX expert within the Epsom treasury team, providing advice to the business and one of four dealers across the global treasury team on the E-trading platform. Cash – managing the UK cash pools (GBP, USD and Euros), and maximising repatriations of cash to Head Office in Montreal

Main responsibilities

The following will make up the main responsibilities of this role but there may be other items that are required from time to time.

FX

• The Treasury Associate will be the FX expert within the Epsom treasury team, helping to identify and mitigate FX exposures around the group;
• Key contact with the business for giving FX advice on projects
• Will calculate and issue bid and project rates.
• Fixing and communication with Shared Service Facility re non-deliverable forward trades for the Global Design Centre in India.  Looking at rolling programme for hedging INR exposure and proposing additional hedging as required.
• Designated “dealer” on the E-trading platform and providing back-up support to Montreal dealers.

Cash Management

• Daily review of cash in GBP, EUR and USD pools in the UK
• Managing short term daily forecasts of GBP, EUR and USD including interaction with shared service team and businesses to ensure that the data in the forecasts is as reliable as possible
• Make recommendations to Assistant Treasurer for repatriations of excess cash from those pools back to Canada or alternatively manage requirements of funds from head office.
• Management of foreign currency balances in the UK to minimise these where possible and make recommendations for foreign currency purchases/sales to meet requirements of the business.
• Updating foreign currency forecasts using quarterly returns from the business
• Make recommendations to Assistant Treasurer in relation to settlement of intercompany trading balances monthly

Cash Pooling Projects

• Review of options in relation to European cash outside of the UK for potential to add into new UK pool.
• Review of cash pooling options with partner banks for the Middle East.

Direct Reports

No direct reports

Core hours

Full time role.  There is likely to be a requirement to assist with cash management duties between Christmas and New Year.

Qualifications/Skills

Essential

Either accounting or treasury qualified or part-qualified

Considerable experience of the key areas of FX and cash management

Attention to detail, an ability to multi task and re-prioritise work according to needs, strong organisational skills

A strong understanding of good governance, systems and processes within treasury

Excellent Excel skills

Ability to pick up new ideas quickly and new systems and processes

Ability to absorb and interpret large volumes of data

Training
Atkins develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development activities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. These are reviewed with individuals through an annual appraisal process. We actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Rewards and benefits: 
Atkins offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. 
All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://www.yourrewardatkins.com 

Security Clearance: 
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview.

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

ATKINS, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.