Purpose of the Role An exciting new opportunity has been created to join our Client & Insurer Money team as a Treasury & Audit Support Assistant reporting to our Treasury & Audit Support Manager.
You will support the team with the successful completion of day-to-day Treasury admin responsibilities alongside maintaining the relevant control frameworks within the working environment.
This is expected to be a hybrid role with 2 days per week in our Leeds office.
What you will do This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities.
Collaborating with your line manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following: Support Client Money, Insurer and statutory audits across Insurance Broking Accounts.
Maintain governance and control process for bank account accesses for IBA staff (in conjunction with Treasury).
Complete monthly audit of bank accounts; confirming correct bank accounts are open/closed and ensuring all relevant bank accounts are included within Bank Rec team allocation.
Maintain central library of bank & trust letters and review for accuracy and completeness.
Maintain central process notes documentation library for the Treasury department.
Act as independent control point for payments processes (such as supplier bank account changes, agent onboarding and form updates).
Complete bank requests within a timely manner (account opening / closing / rename etc).
Fulfil your responsibilities in line with agreed processes in order to achieve agreed objectives, and in doing so, ensure compliance with the client and insurer money rules as per FCA Client Asset Sourcebook.
Qualifications and Experience Essentially, we are seeking someone with: Experience in a finance environment within a regulated finance services organisation, ideally a Treasury team within a large insurance-based organisation, or knowledge and experience of CASS 5.
MS Excel to at least an intermediate level.
Analytical and investigative skills, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills – individually and collaboratively.
Ability to drive continuous improvement and innovation through identification of process inefficiencies and reduction of exceptions/errors.
Strong communication skills across all mediums as you will be communicating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing.
Some of the other benefits are: Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family Pensions scheme for when you feel it's time to retire 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing 1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future.
So, what are you waiting for?
Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.
If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us.
These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.
Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received.
No agencies please.
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The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK's largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients' challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services and solutions to their clients.
We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business.
Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality!