About the Role
The Treasury Accountant will oversee Unite’s bank accounts and treasury activities, ensuring robust control, compliance, and effective relationships with financial institutions. The role manages cash balances, reconciliations, currency transactions, banking signatories, and credit card systems, supporting the Union’s financial stability and governance.
Responsibilities
* Maintain oversight of all Unite bank accounts, ensuring proper controls and compliance are applied.
* Act as day-to-day relationship manager with Unity Trust Bank and other financial institutions.
* Work with Procurement to implement a new credit card system, then manage its ongoing administration, reconciliation, and compliance.
* Oversee and maintain accurate, timely, and complete bank reconciliations across Unite.
* Manage high value currency transactions, ensuring accuracy and value for money.
* Manage banking signatories for the organisation, including delivery of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks.
* Liaise with Regional Finance teams and Regional Secretaries to suspend, freeze, and close bank accounts when required.
* Accurately report cash balances to the Financial Accountant to support weekly and daily cash management.
* Provide training to relevant colleagues on credit cards, reconciliations, faster payments, and bulk payments processes.
* Undertake any other treasury-related projects or administrative functions as required by the Deputy Finance Director or Finance Director.
Qualifications
* Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA).
* AAT alone will be insufficient.
Required Skills
* Knowledge of banking processes, reconciliations, and currency transactions.
* Strong numeracy, analytical, and reporting skills.
* Ability to relate to others and work co-operatively in a team environment, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
* Displays a flexible and co-operative approach to initiating and completing changes of processes/working practices.
* Discretion and the ability to work to a high degree of confidentiality.
* Aware of compliance and risk management in treasury operations.
Preferred Skills
* Understanding of the principles of Trade Unions representing working people.
* Experience of delivering financial training to colleagues.
Please Note: Shortlisted candidates will be drawn from those who best meet the criteria below and in the job description. Candidates will need to give strong evidence in all sections. The examples are given as a guide to candidates about the kind of evidence they should provide.