Treasury Analyst

The Company

Constellium is a global leader developing and manufacturing high-value added aluminium products and solutions for a broad scope of markets and applications, focusing on Aerospace, Automotive & Packaging. We design, develop and engineer products / solutions in partnership with our customers.  With approximately 12,000 employees around the world, we operate 25 manufacturing sites and 3 R&D centers in Europe, North America, and China, with reported 2024 sales of €7.3 billion.

We are headquartered in Paris, with corporate offices in Baltimore and Zürich. In our Zürich Corporate office, we employ approximately 70 people with backgrounds from all around the world.

The Group Treasury department consists of approx. 10 professionals (mainly based in Zurich and Paris) and is responsible for all treasury activities globally, especially managing cash and liquidity of the Constellium group, managing banking relationships, negotiating and managing all external debt, managing and hedging FX and commodity risks, initiating and overseeing trade finance transactions and managing customer credit risk.

The Treasury Back Office Analyst will be a member of the Group Treasury department. The position is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Key responsibilities

As the Treasury Analyst, you will be responsible for the confirmation, settlement, reporting and accounting of all treasury transactions. You will ensure operational excellence and compliance in all back-office treasury activities, and as such contributing to the effective management of financial risks.

Reporting to the Director Holdings & Corporate, your role is key in the organization of the treasury department as it contributes in making sure that treasury controls are maintained at all time, complying with internal policies and internal control framework, securing all transactions on a daily basis and ensuring that high-quality treasury figures are accounted and reported for.

Main Treasury Back-Office Tasks:

• Perform daily back-office tasks in relation to the Group treasury department activities:
  • Perform matching and confirmation of FX and commodity deals, address and solve mismatches swiftly and independently
  • Perform the daily reconciliation of the treasury bank accounts, address and solve unreconciled items swiftly and independently
  • Responsible for the netting of FX and commodity flows with banks
  • Prepare and ensure timely execution of payments for FX and commodity deals, interest payments, loan repayments, intercompany funding and refinancings
  • Ensure accuracy of market data
• Perform the manual and/or automated invoicing of internal deals and fees invoiced by Group treasury, perform and review related calculations, accounting postings and accounts reconciliation
• Ensure accuracy of settlement instructions for all financial counterparties
• Ensure the dealing mandates and authorised signatories are kept up-to-date and distributed timely
• Preparation and distribution of Treasury intra-month and month-end reports
• Perform the Treasury month-end closing activities
• Perform and/or review SOX controls.
• Support internal and external audit processes
• Act as the main back up of the Senior Treasury Analyst
• When necessary, act as a back-up of other team members for certain cash management, accounting and reporting tasks

Overall:

• Actively participate or lead process improvement projects like the automation of the commodity deals confirmation process
• Actively participate in projects like upgrade of the Treasury Management System

Profile requirements

•    Bachelor's degree in Treasury, Finance, Banking or related field 

•    Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience in a multinational organisation

•    Good understanding of treasury processes, treasury controls, treasury accounting

•    Experience with SWIFT messaging, bank portals, confirmation platforms

•    Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas, macros). Experience in Power BI and RPA tools like power automate is a plus

•    At ease with information systems (treasury, accounting, etc). 

•    Independent, accountable and process driven

•    Strong analytical skills and a strong detail oriented and problem-solving mentality.

•    Need to be able to work under time pressure and adhere to strict reporting deadlines and a high standard of internal policies and controls in a multinational environment. 

•    Fluent in English, German and/or French are an asset

Benefits
We offer flexible working opportunities, a wide range of further training options and good social benefits.