Jack Milkins

• Successful restructure of EMEA treasury team within first 6 months
• Implementation of ZBA USD cash concentration structure
• Management and enhancement of various other ZBA structures and notional pool
• EUR RFP project
• Alignment of treasury strategy and goals
• Implementation of risk management tools
• Led team of treasury professionals, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to execute strategic initiatives efficiently.
• Designed risk assessment plans to mitigate potential financial threats.

Achievements;

• Successful implementation of term deposits process to allow the business to proactively and efficiently place surplus cash;
• Continuous automation and improvement of cash reporting to improve the accuracy of cash actualisation;
• Production and application of new Treasury controls to enhance and improve the function;
• Implementation of BARX Corporate to allow FX trading functionality;

Duties;

• Daily production of short and long term cash flow forecasting;
• Provide regular updates to senior management on cash position, covenant headroom and cash management levers;
• Produce, analyse and review cash actualisation for accuracy and efficiency on a daily basis;
• System administration duties across the business;
• Maintenance of the company credit card programme managing limit utilisation and director queries;
• Review and approval of daily cash and liquidity movements;
• Maintain strong internal relationships and external relationships with banking partners and auditors;
• Ongoing support to two Treasury Assistant's to promote a positive and proactive mindset with the aim to automate repetitive tasks and free up time for project work.

Achievements;

• Successful implementation of a multi-currency, multi-entity notional cash pool;
• Automation and improvement of the inter-company netting process;

Duties;

• Strict control environment whilst adhering to Treasury principles and policy;
• Daily execution of high value payments to support cash and liquidity requirements;
• Expert understanding and maintenance of Treasury Management System;
• Strong working relationship with auditors;
• Monthly reporting to 'HoDs' producing debt portfolio, control framework and project updates.

Achievements;

• Successfully implemented a money market fund to allow investment of surplus cash to reduce counterparty exposure and;
• Implementation of MT101 & MT940's to gain visibility and access to cash across all acquired practices.

Duties;

• Cash flow forecast preparation;
• Cash concentration;
• System administration;
• Internal & external relationships;
• Place funds into Money Market Funds and;
• Cash utilisation.

• Wide range of book keeping duties

• In line with the new MIFID II requirements as set out by the FCA, this team was created to satisfy the submission of reportable transactions within tight specified deadlines
• Submission of reports to the regulator to match trades dealt in the market
• Applying logic and understanding of different stock classes/currencies to ensure no incorrect reports are submitted
• Creation and maintenance of procedures for all new processes undertaken
• Reconciliation investigation to ensure all submitted reports match trades
• Root cause analysis applied to prevent recurring breaks
• Daily calculation of trade values and commissions earned by the business
• Daily cash management comparison of all trades submitted to ensure no loss/risk to the business

• Supervise the high-volume transaction reconciliation of trades executed on European and US trading platforms;
• Evaluation and resolution of issues arising from these, escalation where necessary;
• Develop a thorough understanding of front to back FX trade lifecycle, assisting with reporting functions for the Treasury Back Office;
• Providing trade support for Front Office FX trades, deposits and swaps;
• Monitoring positions, ensuring compliance with Treasury policy;
• Perform bi-annual due diligence reviews on 40+ banks/custodians to ensure adherence to CASS regulations;
• In-depth analysis of all our clients to ensure they meet certain standards;
• Strong relationships with the banks/custodians are made as regular contact is essential;
• Maintenance and improvement of procedures, identification and elimination of limitations;
• Create advanced spreadsheets to assist with completion of daily tasks;
• Reconciliation of trade and settlement bank accounts on a daily basis and;
• Thorough analysis of trade and settlement bank accounts and root-cause analysis applied to prevent future errors.