Finance Graduates - Treasury

Job Purpose

RWS is in the middle of a significant transformation exercise, and this is an exciting opportunity to join the RWS Group Finance Team and gain valuable experience during the establishment of increased centralised activities and improved systems. Although treasury focused, this role provides the opportunity to work closely with both the wider Group Finance Team as well as other areas of the business.

About Group Finance

In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.

It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of the daily cash and cash flow forecast model, analysis and reporting.
• Support all activities related to intercompany loans, including monitoring balance changes, interest calculation and posting, and ensuring up to date documentation.
• Assist with the preparation of loan documentation for drawdowns and repayments and to ensure sufficient liquidity to meet operational requirements.
• Make payments and transfers on the relevant banking portals.
• Support foreign currency trades to meet Group operational requirements.
• Assist with key finance projects such as:
• Bank and bank account rationalisation.
• Maintenance of a central register of bank mandates and bank accounts for the Group.
• Repatriation of trapped cash from countries across the Group.
• Support for all audit and governance queries.
• Support in the completion of bank KYC (Know Your Customer) documentation by liaising with relevant areas of the business.
• Support the management of other treasury related agreements, e.g. guarantees.
• Assist with the continuing development of centralised process and procedures.
• Any other duties assigned as required in performance of this role.

Skills & Experience

• Interested in developing their career within finance and in particular learning about the treasury activities of a large global plc.
• Motivated self-starter with a confidence to challenge and improve existing processes and to provide solutions to day-to-day problems.
• Hands-on approach with experience working in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced level of Excel with experience of building and working with complex models and advanced formulae, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Index Match and SUMIFS.
• Previous experience of working within a finance team is desirable.
• Strong communication skills in English and high attention to detail is essential.

Life at RWS

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.

For further information, please visit: RWS

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