The Senior Associate – Banking & Treasury will be a key member of the Kochi-based Group Treasury team, supporting the day-to-day management of cash, liquidity, payments, bank reconciliations, treasury reporting and intercompany processes. The role will help ensure that treasury activities are delivered accurately, on time, and in line with agreed controls, policies and approval requirements.
The role holder will work closely with colleagues across Finance, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Payroll, Group Treasury and external banking partners. They will be expected to demonstrate strong attention to detail, good judgement, a proactive approach to issue resolution, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced shared service environment.
Key responsibilities
- Prepare daily bank balance reports, treasury reports, cash flow updates and supporting variance analysis.
- Monitor daily cash positions across Group bank accounts, highlighting liquidity movements, risks and funding requirements to the Treasury Manager.
- Process and validate domestic and international payments through banking platforms, ensuring approvals, supporting documentation and banking controls are followed.
- Support manual, batch, tax, vendor, intercompany, refund and fund transfer payment processes, including tracking requests through to completion.
- Perform daily and month-end bank reconciliations in NetSuite, investigating and resolving reconciling items in a timely manner.
- Post treasury-related journals and support month-end close activities, including intercompany movements, interest, bank charges and related adjustments.
- Support Group cash flow forecasting, working capital reporting and weekly cash movement analysis.
- Assist with intercompany payments, reconciliations and follow-up of outstanding items.
- Respond to banking and treasury-related queries from internal stakeholders, finance teams and banking partners.
- Support internal and external audit requests by preparing accurate documentation, reconciliations and evidence of controls.
- Maintain process documentation and contribute to the continuous improvement of treasury processes, controls and reporting.
- Identify opportunities for automation, improved reporting and more efficient ways of working across the treasury function
- Experience in treasury, banking, finance operations, shared services, accounting or a comparable finance role.
- Good understanding of cash management, payment processing, bank reconciliations, treasury reporting and financial controls.
- Experience working with banking platforms such as HSBCnet, Barclays or similar online banking systems would be advantageous.
- Working knowledge of NetSuite, Oracle, SAP or other finance ERP systems is desirable.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to work with large datasets, reconciliations, variance analysis and reporting templates.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging with stakeholders across different locations and levels of seniority.
- Ability to manage deadlines, prioritise workloads and maintain accuracy when working under time pressure.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and investigative skills.
- High level of attention to detail and commitment to maintaining robust financial controls.
- Experience in process improvement, automation, Power BI or other reporting tools would be beneficial.
Qualifications
A finance, accounting, commerce or business-related qualification is preferred. Candidates who are qualified, part-qualified or studying towards CA, CMA, CIMA, ACCA, MBA, M.Com, B.Com or equivalent qualifications would be well suited to the role.
At Zellis we create market-leading HR & Payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.
Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 2,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:
Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.
We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:
