Senior Treasury Operations Analyst

Senior Treasury Operations Analyst

Location: Cambridge

Salary: Competitive salary and benefits

Introduction to role

Are you ready to combine hands-on Treasury operations with AI-enabled analytics to unlock faster, smarter decision-making? Join a compact, high-performing Treasury team in Central Cambridge and help modernise how we manage liquidity, payments, and risk for a global FTSE 10 enterprise. Your work will directly strengthen our ability to invest in life-changing science by ensuring every pound and payment is controlled, visible, and optimised.

In this senior analyst role, you will own critical operational processes while partnering closely with Treasury leadership to embed automation, data, and new ways of working. You will be encouraged to challenge the status quo, pilot new technology, and turn insights into measurable improvements across the function. How would you apply your expertise to increase straight-through processing, reduce operational risk, and deliver sharper forecasting?

This position is based in Central Cambridge with at least 60% time in the office (typically three days per week). You will be part of a collaborative Group Treasury function and an employer accredited by the Association of Corporate Treasurers, offering a platform to influence outcomes at scale.

Accountabilities

You will own a defined set of the activities below and share the rest with the team. The mix will evolve with priorities and your strengths.

Operations and control

• Process daily trade confirmations, payments, bank reconciliations and collateral management accurately and with high straight-through processing (STP); resolve and escalate issues promptly.
• Monitor group bank balances, drive cash repatriation and support working-capital optimisation.
• Maintain SOx compliance and control effectiveness, and provide timely audit evidence.

Reporting and analytics

• Build dashboards and reporting packs that turn complex data into clear actions.
• Improve liquidity forecasting, FX exposure analysis and scenario planning.
• Champion data quality and governance across Treasury systems and reporting.

Automation and change

• Pilot and scale AI and digital tools to improve forecasting, reconciliations and controls, within a secure, well-governed environment.
• Lead automation and integration between the Treasury Management System, ERP and banking platforms, and own initiatives to increase STP rates.
• Lead rollouts of new tools and ways of working, including training and adoption.

Projects and partnering

• Lead or support projects such as bank rationalisation, cash pooling, payment-on-behalf-of structures and virtual accounts.
• Support the evaluation and deployment of new payment methods, including digital currencies.
• Advise Finance and the wider business, document processes and mentor junior colleagues.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Significant experience in international Treasury or a Shared Service environment, with a track record of delivering process improvement, analytics or automation at scale

Skills & Knowledge

• Deep understanding of Treasury operational procedures and systems
• Expert knowledge of best-practice Treasury and Treasury Management Systems
• Strong command of SWIFT payment messaging and bank onboarding / KYC
• Hands-on experience with analytics and visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI) and practical use of AI/GenAI tools in finance
• Initiative and curiosity, with the drive to challenge processes and lead implementation
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• High personal standards and commitment to excellent service
• Resilience and accuracy under pressure and tight deadlines
• A continuous learning mindset around emerging finance technologies

Desirable skills and experience

• Professional qualification (e.g. ACT, CIMA, ACCA)
• Certifications in data analytics, AI or process improvement (e.g. Lean Six Sigma)
• Experience with Quantum
• Working knowledge of automation tools (e.g. Power Automate, Python)

Why AstraZeneca

Finance and science work closely together here, and at pace. You will join a connected, digitally minded community that turns ideas into real, scaled results. We value kindness as much as speed and back people to learn new technologies. You will take on varied challenges, gain exposure across the company and build a reputation for delivering change that lasts, from smarter Treasury operations to investment that ultimately benefits patients.

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