Finance Executive - Group Treasury

Management Level

EQ is a fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. Our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Job Summary:

The Treasury Executive supports the accurate and timely operation of EQ Group Treasury. Working as part of the Chennai Treasury Operations team, the role provides daily operational support and analysis across a wide range of corporate treasury activities, while developing the technical knowledge and judgement required to progress within the profession.

The role combines repeatable daily controls with varied assignments and improvement work. The successful candidate will be expected to be curious, ask questions, follow documented procedures, escalate issues promptly and progressively take ownership as their knowledge and confidence develop.

Key Responsibilities:

·  Monitor bank balances and prepare accurate daily cash and liquidity positions across entities, regions and currencies.

·  Distinguish between available, restricted, regulated and other designated cash in accordance with reporting requirements.

·  Identify unusual balances or movements, investigate differences and escalate material issues promptly.

·  Support short-term cash forecasting, cash concentration, cash pooling and funding movements.

·  Assist with monitoring revolving credit facility utilisation, upcoming maturities and debt-service requirements.

·  Prepare treasury and high-value payments across approved banking platforms, supported by complete and appropriate documentation.

·  Follow delegated authority, segregation of duties, template indexing, approval and cut-off controls.

·  Monitor payment status and investigate rejected, delayed or returned transactions.

·  Support the settlement and recording of deposits, foreign exchange, debt, intercompany loans and other treasury transactions.

·  Maintain a clear audit trail and escalate control exceptions or timing risks without delay.

·  Maintain complete and accurate data in FIS Integrity, including bank accounts, counterparties, static data, rates, investments, debt, intercompany funding and treasury transactions as assigned.

·  Perform routine checks to confirm that system data agrees to bank, deal and accounting support.

·  Support electronic bank account management, banking access administration and periodic user-access reviews.

·  Assist with system testing, issue resolution, data quality improvements and new functionality.

·  Apply good information security and access-control practices across all systems and banking platforms.

·  Support bank account opening, amendment and closure activity, including documentation, KYC and internal approvals.

·  Maintain bank-account, mandate, authorised-signatory and online-access records.

·  Support periodic reviews of bank fees, credit ratings, counterparty information and service matters.

·  Coordinate professionally with relationship banks, internal Finance teams and authorised approvers.

·  Help ensure that banking requests are tracked to completion and supporting evidence is retained.

·  Produce daily, weekly, monthly and ad-hoc treasury reports with a high standard of accuracy and presentation.

·  Support month-end activities, including interest income and expense accruals, treasury reconciliations, journals and variance analysis.

·  Provide analysis for Treasury Committee reporting, dashboards, audit requests and management information.

·  Support monitoring of policy compliance, limits, maturities, facility usage and control completion.

·  Maintain evidence, checklists and records so that work is reviewable and audit-ready.

·  Assist with identifying and recording foreign-exchange exposures, trades and settlements.

·  Support intercompany loan administration, interest calculations, maturities and documentation tracking.

·  Help monitor deposit and investment positions, rates and counterparty limits in line with approved policies.

·  Provide accurate input data and analysis for liquidity, interest rate, credit and funding decisions.

·  Develop an understanding of EQ’s debt structure, covenant reporting and wider financial-risk framework.

·  Support approved daily and periodic reporting for relevant client or fiduciary cash balances.

·  Assist with diversification, backfill, interest-rate and balance-monitoring processes where assigned and trained.

·  Follow applicable procedures carefully and escalate exceptions to the designated reviewer.

·  Maintain a clear distinction between corporate and client or regulated cash processes.

·       A bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, accounting, economics, business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

·       Up to two years’ experience in treasury, finance, accounting, banking, payments, cash management or another data-led operational environment. Strong graduates with relevant internships or demonstrable interest will also be considered.

·       Good numerical ability and confidence working with financial data.

·       Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including organizing, checking and analyzing data.

·       Clear written and spoken English, with the confidence to ask questions and explain an issue.

·       High attention to detail and a disciplined approach to controls, deadlines and evidence.

·       Willingness to learn unfamiliar systems, processes and treasury concepts.

·       Ability to manage several tasks, priorities appropriately and escalate when support is needed.

·       A collaborative, service-minded approach when working across teams and locations.

Benefits:

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, these are just a few of what is on offer:

• 31 days + 9 bank holidays (UK)
• Comprehensive Medical Assurance cover
• Two-way cab transport for staff working in UK & US shift

Accidental & Life cover 3 times of concerned CTC

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.