Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Treasury Analyst with an interest in debt and risk to join our treasury team based in TfL’s head office in Southwark on a permanent basis. 

The Treasury Analyst will help deliver TfL’s investment, liquidity, borrowing and risk management objectives with a focus on debt and credit risk. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain excellent treasury experience in a high performing, established team on a huge range of complex activities.

About the team

Treasury, Insurance, and Projects comprise the Corporate Finance directorate which reports directly into the CFO. Corporate Finance is a central finance function that helps shape and drive TfL’s business strategy exposing you to an enormous range of exciting opportunities beyond just treasury. 

Additional information

If you have any questions about the role, please email amandajales@tfl.gov.uk 

We are also advertising for a second Treasury Analyst role. The advert for this role can be seen here:https://tfl.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=038221&tz=GMT+00:00&tzname=Europe/London

We expect to conduct interviews for this role week commencing 21st February

You will be required to;

•    Perform research, analysis and reporting in respect to the creditworthiness of TfL’s multi-billion investment and derivative counterparties.
•    Conduct detailed financial analysis on potential property partners and key suppliers. Where necessary help establish and implement appropriate risk mitigation strategies.    
•    Support TfL’s £13bn borrowing programme by monitoring compliance to financial contracts, managing relationships with key lenders and credit rating agencies, and providing necessary analysis for new borrowing activities. 
•    Create presentations, reports, briefings, and other documents for internal and external stakeholders, including lenders, contractual counterparties, senior TfL officers, government agencies, service providers and credit rating agencies.
•    Support liquidity, investment, debt, and risk management activities by providing insightful analysis, building complex financial models and making recommendations to support decision-making.
•    Communicate treasury activities to internal stakeholders including Group Accounting, FP&A, legal and tax.
•    Keep abreast of financial market news, regulatory and compliance requirements and present key insights to internal stakeholders. 
•    Respond flexibly to the broad needs of the department and support other areas of treasury and Corporate Finance as required including cash forecasting, reporting, audit and compliance requirements.

About you 
•    You will be an experienced Treasury or finance professional with an excellent understanding of the structure, drivers and workings of relevant banking and financial markets.
•    A confident individual with an exceptional attention to detail, who can produce high quality work in a pressured environment. 
•    A team player, but also have an ability to work independently and take full ownership of relevant responsibilities.
•    Highly numerate with a natural curiosity for financial markets and counterparty risk. 
•    You can retrieve, interpret and analyse complex financial data and provide meaningful insight to both finance and non-finance stakeholders clearly and confidently.
•    Have the ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with both internal stakeholders and financial counterparties.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience 

Essential:
•    Experience working in treasury or relevant financial service industry
•    You must be educated to a degree level or equivalent and either have gained relevant professional qualifications (e.g. ACT) or have a strong desire to further develop your knowledge.
•    An excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
•    Excellent working knowledge of Excel and the ability to produce complex models
•    Knowledge of credit analysis and financial due diligence, including the role of rating agencies

Desirable: 
•    Working knowledge of capital market instruments, money market instruments, banking and cash management practices, back office operations including settlements and payments
•    Knowledge of the structure, drivers and workings of the relevant banking and financial markets
•    Awareness of banking and regulatory policies relevant for money market and derivative products
•    Experience of treasury management systems and Bloomberg

Equality and Diversity 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

On this recruitment campaign, as part of TfL’s continuing commitment to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer we will be removing personal identifiable information from CVs and covering letters that could cause discrimination.

Application Process 

Please apply using your CV and a covering letter. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter.

We are advertising for two Treasury Analyst positions in our team. If you’d like to be considered for both please write your preference in your cover letter.
 

The closing date for applications is 31st January 2022 @ 23:59

Benefits 

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

•    Final salary pension scheme 
•    Free travel for you on the TfL network 
•    A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan 
•    30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
•    Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) 
•    Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
•    Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
•    Discounted Eurostar travel