Treasury Operations Specialist presso Anglo American / De Beers Group

With headquarters in London, UK, and operations located throughout the world, Anglo American is truly global. We employ more than 30,000 colleagues worldwide and run mining operations across LATAM, Europe, Southern Africa and North America.

The Group Treasury function enables Anglo American to achieve its strategic ambitions by delivering financing, financial risk and cash management services to the organisation, whilst maintaining the highest standards of control and compliance, and providing a workplace of the future to develop and retain talent.

The Treasury Operations team is a key contributor to these objectives as we drive to increase automation and streamline processes in cash management, back office and treasury accounting, as well as providing world-class systems infrastructure to the Group Treasury function.

We are seeking a Specialist, Treasury Operations to be responsible for the design, implementation, management and optimisation of processes and controls across treasury settlements, confirmations, regulatory reporting, and bank guarantee management and reporting.

This role will be based in our London Head Office, where we operate a hybrid working policy.

Key role requirements:

• Works with Group Treasury and Global Shared Services colleagues to develop and manage the Group’s operational bank relationships.
• Manages the Group’s transactional banking relationships, with responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of transactional banking structures and solutions for all businesses under their responsibility
• Responsible for engaging and partnering with the Group’s transactional banking providers on the design, implementation and optimisation of automated liquidity structures that reflect the group’s intercompany funding structures and regulatory and statutory requirements in all relevant jurisdictions.
• Provides input to the Treasury Operations strategic plan for an ongoing “analyse and improve” programme.
• Provides close support to the Global Process and Control Owners (“GPCOs”), covering the following process areas: Treasury Settlements, Confirmations, Static Data,  Regulatory Reporting, Bank Fee Control.
• Provides business finance leadership with regular reporting on process performance targets and measures across effectiveness (quality, compliance), efficiency (cost) and sustainability.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with banks, system vendors, outsourced service providers.
• Monitor performance against relevant Service Level Agreements (SLA) with businesses to ensure we are achieving agreed service delivery requirements.
• Responsible for delivering continuous improvement of “best in class” treasury operations processes in collaboration with the Treasury Operations Manager and Treasury Manager.
• Ensures that all relevant processes have robust Business Continuity Plans defined, implemented and regularly tested.

Formal Qualifications

Required:

• Graduate or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, preferably commercial, numerical or scientific

Preferred:

• A recognised Treasury Management or Cash Management qualification would be an advantage, but not essential.

Technical skills / knowledge requirements:

• 10+ years’ experience of relevant roles within Treasury operations.
• Experience within a company which operates internationally.
• Operational experience in a financial department with significant systems exposure
• Development and management of banking relationships
• Experienced with Treasury Management Systems and / or treasury Work Systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail.

Who We Are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. Our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.

How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

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