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Assistant Treasury Accountant– Are you a highly organised and a detail-oriented individual? Do you have strong finance experience? If so, P&O Ferrymasters are looking for an Assistant Treasury Accountant to join us on a permanent basis in Ipswich, Suffolk.

Join our team if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career!

Your role:

As an Assistant Treasury Accountant, you will be part of a highly dedicated and professional team, which is responsible for delivering the highest quality of service to an internationally dedicated client base. In this role, you will assist the Group Treasury Accountant with administration, reporting and compliance of both departmental and company functional related undertakings.

Other key responsibilities for Assistant Treasury Accountant:

Assist the Group Treasury Accountant with daily banking updates, treasury emails, cash flow actuals, and finance queries.
Coordinate with joint venture contacts to ensure timely payment of haulage costs.
Process and reconcile bank charge invoices, download bank statements and upload to Unit 4, and manage un-reconciled items.
Support weekly payment runs, including manual payments, direct debits, and cross-company journals.
Assist with audits and year-end by gathering payment evidence and approvals.
Maintain a weekly task list and track project progress.
Provide monthly balance sheet reconciliation for treasury accounts.
Provide cover for the Group Treasury Accountant, including cash flow forecasting.

About you:

You will have strong communication skills and a willingness to support colleagues who may not have specialised knowledge in treasury. You bring experience from a multi-currency finance department, ideally within the transport industry, and are proficient in MS Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel. With excellent problem-solving, communication, and negotiation skills, you thrive in a team environment and can manage a demanding workload while staying organised under pressure.

Who are we?

We are P&O Ferrymasters, and we work with some of the largest companies in the world to make sure that their goods get to where they need to on time and efficiently. We have locations across Europe and the Northern Mediterranean and our routes cover road, rail, and sea. We operate from over 20 locations in 13 countries and work with some of the best-known global household names. We are a part of DP World who are one of the largest global logistics companies in the world; at any one time 10% of all shipping containers in the world are being shipped by DP World. We are proud to lead the future of logistics to help enable global trade in the 21st century and beyond.

We offer:

P&O Ferrymasters offers a competitive salary of £24,000 - £26,000 per annum for the successful candidate.

Other benefits include Company pension, P&O Ferries travel concessions, Employee Assistance Scheme, and an employee wellbeing programme, along with opportunities for personal and professional training and development.  We also offer a benefits platform including a range of voluntary health insurances, cycle to work, and retail discounts.

Do you have what we are looking for? And does this Assistant Treasury Accountant role sound like the perfect opportunity for you? We hope so – in which case, now is the time to let us know! Please apply with your CV and covering letter as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Additional keywords accountant, assistant, treasury, logistics, transport, admin, distribution

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