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SalaryTreasury Manager – Front Office
Location: Cambridge UK
Competitive salary and benefits apply
Join AstraZeneca, where every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. As a Treasury Manager in our Finance function, you will play a critical role in changing patients' lives. Our mission is ambitious, and it takes the skills of a collaborative team to really deliver on what science can do and to always put patients first.
We have an opportunity for you to join the Treasury Front Office team as part of the wider Group Treasury function based in our central Cambridge office. You will be responsible for leading the day-to-day risk management and short-term liquidity of the Group and be involved in and leading value-add Treasury projects.
The Group Treasury team is currently made up of 21 individuals, supporting the AstraZeneca Group on all Treasury matters. The role and current size of the core Treasury team provides an excellent opportunity to directly contribute to the Treasury function of a global FTSE 3 company, with sales of our products into more than 125 countries. AstraZeneca is an employer which is accredited by the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Key Accountabilities:
Line management responsibilities of Treasury Analyst – Front Office. Ownership of daily Front Office dealing activities, which include providing or arranging cover for Front Office – Treasury Analyst as required. This will require leading the collaboration and alignment of Front Office activities between Cambridge UK and New Haven USA Treasury teams.
Analysis and review of the balance sheet hedging program for all principal AZ group IP legal entities, aggregate FX exposures of +$2bn. In addition, monitor and evaluate the Groups’ FX exposures (+$30bn per annum), proposing relevant risk thresholds and hedging strategies. This will also include the evaluation and proposal of hedging execution strategies related to significant one-off transactions e.g., business development transactions or external funding activities.
Own the Group’s cash investment and liquidity activities, proposing relevant instruments, counterparties, and execution strategies.
Provide advice and guidance as required to the wider Group Treasury team and Business Units, including internal funding requirements and intercompany dividends.
Develop and leverage relationships with key external stakeholders (FX, IR and liquidity counterparties), including assisting with the negotiation and execution of Front Office related documentation facing various internal and external counterparties.
Oversee and contribute to the production of periodic Front Office reporting, ensuring all content is prepared on a timely and accurate basis.
Contribute and where appropriate lead ad-hoc treasury projects and initiatives which enhance the performance and efficiency if Front Office activities.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Qualified to degree level with a professional corporate finance qualification (AMCT, MCT or CFA) and / or a qualified accountant
Experience working in an international Treasury function with material FX exposures and complex funding structures. Understanding of and interest in financial markets
Experience of using a treasury management system and other corporate treasury dealing platforms (FXall or 360T and SGN or ICD) is expected
Excellent communication skills and the ability to foster working relationships within AZ and with external stakeholders
Focus on delivery and able to work accurately and decisively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Sets high personal standards and takes responsibility for proactively delivering top-class service/analysis
Strong Excel skills and comfortable with basic statistical and financial analysis
Is inquisitive and has the desire and ability to improve and automate processes, using systems and analytical tools
When we put diverse teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Why AstraZeneca?
Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients, every day. The fuel behind our evolving, rapidly growing enterprise, we're here to help unlock the power of what science can do and ultimately have a big impact on patients' lives. Integrated and closely aligned with the whole enterprise, we offer our expertise, and leverage exciting new technology and digital innovations, to accelerate AstraZeneca's evolution. We do all of it strategically, looking ahead to the new challenges we'll face and improving the way the enterprise operates today.
Are you ready to champion evolution in our dynamic and agile environment? Here you will experience a fast paced and agile environment as we continue to support the business on a journey of evolution and growth, driven by new, exciting technology and digital innovations. It's challenging and sometimes demanding, and that's why we love it.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now!
