VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses.
We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
VolkerWessels UK is seeking a Treasury Cashier to join our Treasury team in Hoddesdon on a 14 month fixed‑term contract, covering maternity leave.
This role plays a key part in ensuring the continued delivery of high‑quality cashiering and treasury management services across our businesses and the wider UK Group.
You will support the management of multiple bank accounts and cashbooks, process internal and external payments, and contribute to timely and accurate Treasury reporting. Working closely with senior team members, you’ll gain valuable exposure to a broad range of treasury activities and develop your understanding of the function.
About our role
- Daily monitoring of bank accounts and execution of inter‑company transfers to optimise liquidity
- Processing regular and urgent external payments, including Bacstel‑IP and online banking
- Executing FX trades and settlements
- Posting and allocating daily cashbook and sales ledger transactions
- Preparing Treasury positions, reports, and analysis, including reviewing bank reconciliations and unallocated cash
- Liaising with banks on account administration, signatory management, references, audit confirmations, and compliance
- Preparing bank account confirmation letters
- Banking cheques
- Building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Supporting ad‑hoc projects and providing cover for team members
- Identifying opportunities to improve and digitise existing processes
About you
- Experience in an accounting environment with cashbook/bookkeeping responsibilities
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships
- Proactive approach to problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Experience within a shared service function (desirable)
- Previous experience of ERP/accounting software (4PS highly desirable)
- Previous experience in the construction sector (desirable)
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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