Specialist, Cash & Treasury Analytics

An exciting opportunity to work for a fast-paced, innovative speciality finance company, this role is part of a highly skilled Treasury team that is responsible for all funding, cash management, cash forecasting, product control for £4B of assets. The team works within finance and the wider business including the Executive Committee, Investor Relations, FP&A, Commercial and Credit Risk teams.
The specific role will contribute to the success of Treasury by providing 1) support within the Cash & Treasury Analytics team to ensure NewDay always has sufficient liquidity to fund its receivables and operations daily and 2) high quality analytics and insights to support the critical decision making.

What will you be doing day-to-day?

Cash & liquidity management:
Production of daily cash forecast for next 60 days - used to manage all cash across the company Operate and manage all bank accounts and banking relationships across NewDay, including oversight of the company's bank account structure Manage liquidity data requirements for internal and regulatory reporting Assist in the design, execution and ownership of all cash management, liquidity planning and cash forecasting responsibilities Monitor daily cash levels, seek to improve modelling and reporting capabilities Ensure all relevant policies and procedures are regularly reviewed, updated and in compliance with internal risk and control standards

Cash flow forecasting:
Play a key role in the preparation of the Company's annual Budget and major strategic forecasts for cash flow forecasting and funding by helping to align the external and internal key performance indicators and messaging, thus helping to deliver a coherent, integrated multi-year forecast for cash flow and funding Support the Group's stress testing and scenario analysis, including macro scenarios and working with teams across the business to develop PRA style stress testing

Analyse actual performance against forecasts on a monthly basis, understanding and explaining differences and improving the forecast models as required

Funding:
Treasury person working in collaboration with the Directory of Treasury Markets in analysing, modelling and forecasting/planning the future funding plan for the company Lead the adhoc preparation of analysis and material and providing insight to support presentations to Group Board, Executive Committee, Ratings Agencies, Shareholders and Regulators

Support any M&A / Corporate Development / new initiative activity by analysing funding solutions

Additional Responsibilities
Lead Treasury projects, facilitate issue resolution and provide recommendations to senior colleagues

Support the investor relations process by leading the preparation of any Treasury specific analysis and material

Support implementation of Treasury IT infrastructure Collaboratively work with colleagues in Funding and Reporting teams, as well as key partners within the wider Finance group

Knowledge and experience of designing, executing and monitoring cash management within a Treasury team Uses knowledge of cash management techniques to provide input and ideas for both medium and long term business strategies and direction, and continually reviewing these to determine when changes require amendments

Highly proficient in Excel, with experience building corporate level financial forecasting models in Excel, using a logical and analytical approach

Good decision making skills Ability to generate commercial insight from raw data

At least a 2.1 degree in a highly numerical discipline such as Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or similar

DESIRABLE
Knowledge of how securitisation structures work Qualified Accountant or equivalent professional qualifications Ability to code in VBA Experience with Anaplan or GTreasury

Your Personal Attributes
First class analytical mind with strong logical thinking and strong problem solving skills Excellent attention to detail Takes ownership and needs limited oversight to accomplish projects, a self-starter First class communication skills for engaging with key internal and external senior level managers; can build positive relationships with a broad variety of colleagues and clients Ability to multi-task assignments and prioritise their workload with limited direct supervision, be resilient under pressure and demonstrate an ability to deliver to deadlines Ability to demonstrate an innovative mind set and that can develop ideas which are implemented and have a positive impact

About NewDay
We help people move forward with credit, and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too.
We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO.
Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award-winning customer service.
At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We're an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don't discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we'll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

We're focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working - with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.
We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.
At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance - and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you're in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc.
Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet).
You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you'll get extra days as you build your career with us.