Banking Administrator

Job Introduction

Process high volume multi-currency payments and receipts, in accordance with company bank mandates, and verify and confirm the accuracy of cash balances in the financial ledgers.

Main Responsibility

• Prepare and process all Group multi-currency supplier payments in line with agreed payment timetables, ensuring payments are properly authorised and controlled within the appropriate approval limits;
• Processing of multi-currency payments and allocation of receipts within IFS to General ledger, Accounts Payable and Sales Ledger;
• Daily management of groups bank accounts ensuring balances retained within agreed banking limits;
• Manage and reconcile all Group bank accounts for month-end and year–end, in line with the group reporting timetable;
• Maintain electronic banking systems and the Group pooling facility to ensure availability of accurate and current data to support decisions in relation to daily cash management;
• Operational responsibility for relationship with RBS and HSBC Cash Management teams;
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal/external customers to maximise stakeholder engagement and the quality of service provision
• Review processes on an ongoing basis to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, prepare and present improvement proposals for discussion with line manager and wider team, and execute where appropriate;
• Adopt and promote a ‘one team’ approach to Finance, in support of the delivery of a Global Finance function

Our Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Sound knowledge and understanding of double entry book-keeping;
• Extensive working knowledge of on-line banking systems, and accounting systems;
• Management of foreign currency transactions and banking in a high volume, global environment

Desirable:

• Intermediate capability with Microsoft Word and Excel;

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.