Treasury Analyst Front Office

Are you ready to steward global liquidity and FX flows so that vital science is funded at the right place and time In this Front Office role you will manage day-to-day cash and currency positions across c.30 currencies helping ensure that breakthrough research and medicines are powered by reliable efficient funding. Your decisions will influence how we deploy billions safely and effectively balancing yield security and liquidity to enable the business to move with speed.

You will sit at the center of market activity in a collaborative team that invests c.$5.7 billion in short-term instruments executes $50 billion of FX spots and forwards annually and supports group-wide funding needs. Do you want to turn curiosity and analytical rigor into tangible market outcomes and continuous improvements that make our financial engine faster and smarter

This opportunity is excellent for someone early in their career within finance who is eager to learn as well as those with initial treasury exposure looking to deepen front-office skills. With a core Treasury team of 22 and an ACT-accredited employer behind you you will gain hands-on training financial support to acquire financial qualifications real responsibility and a clear path to grow your impact.

Accountabilities:

• Liquidity Management: Monitor and manage daily group liquidity and global cash pooling across c.30 currencies to ensure funds are available where and when needed
• Money Market Investments and Short-Term Funding: Execute investments and redemptions in short-term money market instruments and issue US Commercial Paper to optimize yield within security and liquidity constraints.
• FX Risk Management: Assist in identifying monitoring and managing key FX exposures across the Group to protect earnings and cash flows.
• Trade Execution: Execute daily FX transactions (spots and forwards) to manage liquidity and hedge exposures at best execution standards and within policy
• Funding Coordination: Serve as a joint Front Office point of contact for business funding needs aligning solutions with enterprise priorities and timelines
• Performance Reporting: Produce daily weekly and periodic reporting related to Front Office activities enabling timely data-driven decisions
• KPI Analytics: Run and analyze monthly Front Office KPIs to highlight performance trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Treasury Operations and other teams to ensure efficient accurate execution and settlement of daily activity.
• Process Improvement and Automation: Critically assess processes drive continuous improvement and advance automation including the use of Artificial Intelligence tools to enhance speed control and insight.
• Project Support and Value Creation: Support ad-hoc treasury projects and proactively initiate value-add activities that strengthen liquidity risk management and operational excellence.

Essential Skills/Experience:

Prior treasury experience is not a pre-requisite (but is helpful) for the role as full training will be provided for the right candidate. However it is important to possess an educational background and/or interest in finance and financial markets.

• Qualified to degree level (Bachelors or Masters) preferably in a mathematical or finance related subject
• General interest and introductory understanding of finance and financial markets
• Self-starter with the desire to learn and develop a career in Corporate Treasury
• Prepared to study for a professional finance qualification e.g. ACT CIMA or ACCA with financial support from the company
• Focus on delivery and able to work accurately and decisively under pressure to meet tight deadlines and takes pride in doing so
• Sets high personal standards and takes responsibility for delivering top-class service always acting with integrity
• Naturally curious with an inclination to challenge and drive continual improvement
• Strong Excel skills and comfortable with basic statistical and financial analysis
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to foster respectful working relationships within AZ and with our external financial counter parties

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Prior experience in a corporate treasury banking or markets environment
• Exposure to FX or money markets trading cash pooling structures and/or commercial paper programs
• Familiarity with treasury management systems and market platforms (e.g. Refinitiv/Reuters Bloomberg)
• Proficiency with data and automation tools (e.g. Power Query Power BI VBA Python) and an interest in applying AI tools to streamline processes
• Progress toward a professional treasury or finance qualification (e.g. ACT CIMA ACCA)
• Strong attention to control with understanding of front-to-back trade lifecycle and best-execution principles

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca:

Here unexpected teams come together to unleash bold thinking and turn it into real-world impact for patients. You will join a high-performing digitally savvy community that is tightly integrated with the enterprise trusted to make fast balanced decisions and encouraged to think differently. We combine entrepreneurial spirit with rigorous ethics valuing kindness alongside ambition so you can stretch your skills on complex global challenges while knowing your work directly enables life-changing science.

If you want to shape how billions in cash and currency fuel breakthrough science take the next step and put your curiosity decisiveness and drive to work with us today!

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