Job description Posted 12 February 2019

Job Description:

As the Treasury Bank Account Specialist – you will be managing a position with high visibility and daily interaction with many stakeholders. As such, it is important that the successful candidate can work independently and as part of a team, able oversee one analyst, has a high attention for detail, is proactive and, has effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Manage all UK and US bank account openings and closures as required by the business and in line with Corporate Treasury policies. Activities need to be completed to a very high level of accuracy, with considerable time pressure.

• Ensure all connectivity to accounting systems is complete for all bank accounts activity.

• Ensure banking static data on the GSK Treasury Management Systems remains up to date. This includes the review and authorisation of any additions or amendments to the static data.

• Responsible for the continual review of usage of bank accounts.

• Maintain tracker for bank account openings and closures and provide a weekly update to the Treasury Operations Manager.

• Support ebanking administration across treasury portals for HSBC, Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Danske Bank.

• Support annual user reviews of all treasury ebanking portals.

• Review current ebanking platforms across the GSK group with a view to rationalising the number of platforms.

• As a centralised resource provide a “Centre of Excellence” service, providing day to day guidance on bank account opening and ebanking portal usage to Service Centres, Local Markets as well as Corporate Treasury.

• Review and monitor market compliance with Corporate Treasury policies providing guidance and exception notification where required.

• Establish and maintain UK BACS monitoring processes.

• Develop KPI’s to report on performance of bank account management.

• Ensure systems are fully utilised to ensure processes are managed in the most efficient manner.

• Ensure compliance with internal control procedures.

• Provide training and guidance to LOC on bank account management periodically.

• Maintain documentation for Corporate Treasury (Bank mandates, Standard Settlement Instructions, Call Account Agreements).

• Provide support to Treasury Operations Manager when and where required.

• Participate when required in the Treasury Transformation project.

• Initiate, develop and implement process improvement projects.


Basic qualifications:

• ACT qualification (preferred)

• Strong academic record

• Knowledge of treasury operations process

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Experience working with multiple senior stakeholders simultaneously to get desired results

• Strong IT skills and ability to work with a range of financial systems

• Ability to prioritise multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity

• Experience working in a large global organisation

• Knowledge of IT2 or other Treasury Management Systems and confirmation matching systems would be advantageous

A fixed term contract has become available within GSK’s Treasury and In-house Cash (IHC) Operations team. The position will report to the Treasury Operations Manager.


Additional information about the process

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply.