Treasury Accounting Manager

IAG GBS Poland sp. z o.o.Full time

 

 

IAG GBS (Global Business Services) a part of International Airlines Group (IAG).

IAG is one of the world’s largest airline groups with 600+ aircraft carrying more than 122 million customers to 260 destinations across 91 countries each year.

IAG brings together leading airline brands Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Level, Vueling. These are supported by IAG Loyalty that spans all its airlines and beyond, offering the global currency Avios and including BA Holidays, and IAG Cargo which delivers vital goods and produce around the world. These businesses are complementary to its core airline businesses.

As the first airline group globally to commit to net zero by 2050, sustainability is a core part of IAG’s strategy.

IAG GBS drives efficiency and simplicity in providing centralised solutions in Finance Operations, Financial Planning and Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Audit and Airline services across IAG.

We are headquartered in Kraków.

 

 

 

Purpose of the role

Deal with technical accounting aspects related with derivatives and investments, processes and systems in place. Cooperate with Finance Risk Management, Group Technical Accounting Manager
and OpCos Financial Controllers.
• Being responsible for Treasury Accounting Team work and their outputs, ensuring processes are
completed on time and are compliant with applicable laws and regulations
• Taking on any operational work related to Treasury Accounting area to ensure the above, driving efficiencies across the team, as well as managing existing and new accounting processes.
• Leading the Treasury Accounting Team including but not limited to people management, ensuring robust back up structure and proper workload division among Team Members

 

 

Responsibilities

Attend complex technical queries related with derivatives and their accounting, processes and systems in place. Meet sophisticated reporting requirements from OpCo’s and Group Treasury
• Liaise with other departments and external contacts on issues raised, pro-actively look for potential gaps in processes, ensure best experience is provided to the OpCos. Lead the resolution of any issues raised by the Team.
• Ensure deadlines are met and workload is split between team members in efficient manner to allow for reduction of overtime in peak periods.
• Accountability for Period End Close process coordination for Treasury Accounting area. Take personal responsibility for Team’s outputs and work including accounts, reports and control review. Sign off packs used in reporting to stock exchange.
• Support the Team in producing month end and year-end financial and management reports. Ensure other ad-hoc requests are delivered as identified by the Finance Managers, Directors, CFOs and other key stakeholders.

Together with FRM Team, implement and monitor hedging strategies to protect against financial market volatility. Monitor risk exposures in accordance with Group Treasury, make sure that all treasury risk controls are maintained.
• Support in proactively managing the Investment Portfolio processes; identify and assess investments in accordance with the Investment policy.
• Help in account reconciliation, cash & debt management. Cooperate with Cash Management Team on treasury processes and trade lifecycle.
• Liaise with Finance Teams to prepare forecasts, business and financial plans for senior management. Analyse market data and portfolio composition to provide insights on the movements.
Help to bridge the gap in understanding between economics of trades and financial reporting.
• Integrate new acquisitions into Group Treasury. Understand the accounting and workload impact of any new processes and work with the stakeholders and wider business to implement.
• Look for ways to optimise and standardise Treasury Accounting processes. Drive process improvements and automatization for all the teams involved in Treasury processes.
• Work closely with the IT Support team to monitor IT development progress and reduce manual input.
Participate in Treasury related projects driving process or system improvements (simplification, automation, standardisation, and security).
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements (eg. IFRS9, IFRS13, IFRS16) and internal risk management policies. Challenge OpCos and/or Treasury Teams if non-compliance occurs.
• Stay up to date on regulatory and accounting standard updates. Be able to interpret applicable standards and translate them into action points. Engage in companywide accounting policy changes in coordination with Group Technical Accounting Manager.
• Support audit process within Treasury Accounting area, implement recommendations arising from the internal audit review. Maintain and update process documentation across the team.
• Support external audit requests, coordinate the efforts for treasury operations during interim and year end audit.

Build the Treasury Accounting Team, foster a culture of high performance and continuous improvement. Day to day management of the team including motivation, administration, recruitment and issue resolution.
• Engage in regular team meetings and updates, organise 1-2-1 and performance reviews, ensure development of subordinates.
• Maintain robust back up structure within Team, ascertain business continuity within Teams’ scope.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing & provide relevant training to allow for a flexible plug & play structure to face new challenges (migrations, attrition etc.).
• Provide back up for Treasury Operations Manager when needed.
Key Relationships/Interfaces
External: Banks, Financial Institutions, External Auditors,
Internal: Operating Companies within the IAG Group – Financial Controllers, Finance Directors, Group Reporting & FP&A Teams; Group Treasury and FRM, Internal stakeholders within IAG GBS including, but not limited to FP&A, RtR, OtC, PtP, Internal Audit

 

 

Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• University degree in Management, Finance, Economics or equivalent,
• People management skills
• High resistance to stress and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to deliver own projects on time and work well with others on wider projects
• Ability to operate with a high degree of independence and autonomy
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to liaise with senior management on complex issues
• Fast learning and multitasking
• Business English (written and spoken)
• MS Office knowledge (MS Excel, MS Word, Power Point)
• SAP knowledge will be a plus
• 5+ years relevant experience in finance functions
• CIMA, ACCA, CFA or other finance/accounting related certificate will be an asset
• Experience in Treasury function will be an asset
• Team management experience will be a plus

 

 

What we offer:

The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry.

The opportunity to work in a multi-cultural environment with great offices in many locations. We aim to provide all our people with a work/life balance, as well as the many benefits offered by a global organisation, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses.

We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.