Backoffice Specialist

Do you have experience from the global arena of Treasury Operations, including management of financial payments and surrounding processes?
Are you curious about the potential of digitalization and data analysis within finance and Treasury? Do you want to work with performance and transformation of Treasury Operations in a global financial environment to meet the future demands?
Then we have a great opportunity for you as Backoffice Specialist at the Backoffice & Liquidity department at Volvo Group Treasury.


What we do:
Group Treasury is a global function within Group Finance. We support the Volvo Group in all countries where it is needed, with offices in Gothenburg, Singapore, Beijing, Greensboro, and Curitiba. The Group Treasury mission is to secure the Group’s payment capability and proactively manage financial risks. Responsibilities include Group funding, liquidity management, FX operations, Group capital structure, rating analysis, financial infrastructure, and adherence to Volvo Group Financial Risk Policy. We work closely with many stakeholders both within and outside the Volvo Group globally.
We strive to deliver world class PERFORMANCE and earn TRUST from colleagues and stakeholders to achieve CUSTOMER SUCCESS. We have fun at work, PASSION for what we do, and we CHANGE to stay ahead.

What we offer you:
We offer a high paced and challenging position where you will work together with a global team of professionals to secure the Volvo Group payment capability. You will get broad understanding of Treasury operations, while working hands-on to ‘perform’ our daily responsibilities and ‘transform’ to reach our Vision 2030, keeping the focus on our purpose of supporting the business.


Where you fit in:
In this position you will be part of the Treasury Operations and Digitalization function and report to Head of Back Office & Liquidity.
Treasury Operations and Digitalization is a newly established function in Group Treasury including Back Office and Liquidity, Cash Management, and Treasury Digital Transformation.


Back Office and Liquidity is mainly responsible for:
Execution of internal and external financial payments
Volvo Group liquidity forecasting and consolidation
Volvo Group netting activities
Transaction administration including confirmations, reconciliation, and fixings
Daily bank account reconciliation
Adherence to internal policies and controls



You will work together with the team to secure the daily activities, and you will focus on developing and maintaining modern payment infrastructure, together with the stakeholders. As part of this team, you will have a direct impact on the speed and direction of our digital transformation as well as the daily performance within the function. The function has a running operation of daily tasks but is also playing an important role in development activities. In connection to daily operations, you will be driving different projects, high and low, which will include the need of through understanding of our Treasury System setup as well as understanding of the Volvo Group companies’ environments.


You will collaborate with all other functions to deliver Treasury operations in line with our Strategic priorities and work together as ‘One Treasury’, also collaborating with our sister companies in Americas and in Asia. We are a global and diverse team, that would be happy to welcome you onboard. The pace is fast, and it is never boring.


Who you are?
You are a team player with energy and a collaborative attitude. You have experience from Treasury or finance. You have a strong personal drive with a growth mindset and high level of integrity. You embrace change and are solution oriented. You dream big and you get things done!

You probably have these qualifications:
Min 5 years’ experience from similar positions.
Strong knowledge of Treasury and payments ecosystems, covering issues such as payment methods, infrastructure and its potential best practices and fraud preventing measures.
Openminded with a growth mindset – driven and taking own action to learn and try new.
Proven team player with ability to work with all seniority levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment, and able to pinpoint needs and adjustments needed with a humble approach.
Strong analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving skills and interest in digitalization and continuous improvements. Good understanding of customer needs and requirements.
Process understanding and experience of Treasury Systems/ERP systems. Wallstreet Suite Treasury Management System (WSS) and SAP knowledge is meriting.
Good communication and networking skills, being fluent in English (verbal as well as written). Swedish is meriting.



The position is based in Gothenburg.


For further information, please contact:
Carolina Holst, Head of Backoffice & Liquidity, carolina.holst@volvo.com
Last application date 2022-10-23
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