Senior Treasury Officer

• Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: Grade 7 - £35,929 - £38,737
• Location: Sheffield (hybrid working)

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Senior Treasury Officer to join our Finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in managing over £500 million of public funds, helping to ensure resources are invested wisely and available to support the services, programmes and ambitions that make a difference across South Yorkshire.

Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile (please see role profile attached). Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal.Reporting to the Financial Accountant, you'll help shape and deliver effective treasury management across SYMCA and the Police Fund. You'll work with finance colleagues, auditors and stakeholders to ensure strong financial stewardship, informed decision-making and robust governance.

In this role, you will:

• Monitor and manage daily cash positions, helping to maximise investment returns while ensuring sufficient funds are available to support operational priorities.
• Develop and maintain cashflow forecasts that support strategic planning, investment decisions and long-term financial resilience.
• Oversee investments and borrowing activities in line with treasury strategies, regulations and approved limits.
• Prepare treasury information, performance indicators and reports that inform senior leaders, committees and governance boards.
• Perform regular monthly reconciliations on investment and loan balances and interest received and paid
• Contribute to continuous improvement by strengthening treasury processes, controls and audit readiness across the organisation.

You'll be a finance professional who enjoys combining analytical thinking with practical delivery. You'll take pride in managing complex financial information, building trusted relationships and ensuring public funds are managed responsibly and effectively.

You'll bring:

• Experience of working within a finance environment, with the confidence to manage complex financial information accurately and effectively.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, enabling you to identify insights, manage risk and support informed decision-making.
• Communicate clearly and confidently, translating technical information into practical advice for a range of audiences.
• Strong organisational skills, ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver high-quality work to challenging deadlines.
• A love of working collaboratively, using initiative and professional judgement to help deliver excellent financial governance and outcomes.

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of our benefits include -

Holiday Entitlement

– From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part time colleagues.

Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in additional to your normal annual leave

Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.

Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme which allows office-based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time-off in the form of Flexi-Leave or banked Annual Leave.

Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle-to-Work schemes.

Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on-the-job training and qualifications

Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.

Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment as such all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.

Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact [email protected] or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.