Treasury Assistant 

Edinburgh, UK 

  

• Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking to innovate? 

• Do you want to work in embedded payments where you can keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on experience? 

 If so, we would love to hear from you! 

We are looking to hire high-energy, and value-adding talent to join Modulr, one of the fastest growing payments business in the UK and Europe, to support our finance team to ensure we meet the needs of our clients. 

About us 

At Modulr, our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments. Modulr enables businesses, from SMEs to Enterprise, across the UK and Europe to efficiently pay-in, collect and disburse funds instantly via a range of payment schemes, accounts, and card products.  

We have created an industry-leading API platform with comprehensive online tools and access, to meet the demands of daily business payments. We are connected to an expanding network of accounting and payroll platforms, including Sage, Xero, BrightPay and IRIS. Our payments expertise and extensive product capability enables us to build tailored solutions to solve complex payment problems for hundreds of clients in a range of industries, including Travel, Merchant Payments, Lending, Wage Advance, and Investment & Wealth.  

We are deeply integrated into the payment eco-system. In the UK, we are direct participants of Faster Payments and Bacs. Modulr hold settlement accounts at the Bank of England. Our payment network connectivity includes CHAPS, Open Banking, SEPA, SWIFT and account issuance in 11 currencies. We are principal issuing members of Visa and Mastercard schemes across UK and Europe.  

Our regulatory permissions and governance structure are the foundations of our business. We are regulated and supervised as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (AEMI) in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and in the Netherlands by De Nederlandsche Bank.  

Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by the venture arms of payments giants PayPal and FIS, as well as growth investors Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog Capital and Highland Europe.  

Modulr now has over 400 employees spread globally across offices in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Mumbai. This role is in our largest office, Edinburgh, where the financial control team is based.  

Modulr values 

• Building the extraordinary; going that extra mile 

• Owning the opportunity; be passionate and proud of the time you invest 

• Move at pace; reach goals faster whilst supported on your career journey. 

• Achieve it together, working collaboratively and being a Modulite 

The role  

Summary 

The Treasury Assistant is a vital role within Modulr and this role will be instrumental in ensuring we accurately reflect our banking transactions and ensure all our corporate bank accounts are recorded accurately within NetSuite.  

Specific duties 

• Be responsible for the timely and accurate processing of corporate money transactions 

• Be responsible for weekly and monthly bank reconciliations and related financial postings / reconciliations  

• Identify, resolve, and escalate all un-reconciled items in a timely manner as per our reconciliation processes 

• Support the creation of internal and external reporting requirements and MI 

• Support current systems and processes, keep process documentation updated, share best practice, and highlight improvements and efficiencies 

• Maintain access to our various banking platforms  

• Prepare weekly cashflow reporting for the CFO, including 13-week cashflow forecasts 

• Support the wider finance team on other month end tasks 

The team: 

You will work closely with the Financial Control team based mainly in Edinburgh, in particular the accounts receivable and accounts payable teams. Modulr has an office first policy, meaning we believe our scaling plans can only be achieved by the team being present in the office, fostering unplanned and cross-team interaction.  

About you 

You will be self-motivated, hardworking, and organised, you will be able to critically evaluate, and problem solve. You can move at pace to get things done always working within the definitions of the “Modulr Way” values. You will be tenacious, adaptable, resilient, positive and focused about innovation and enjoy working as part of a high functioning team. 

More specifically the ideal candidate will have: 

• We are looking for individuals with experience in a similar role 

• Efficient in multi-tasking, prioritising and managing you work 

• Experience working with NetSuite is Desirable but not essential 

• A self-starter who is structured and organised, able to handle the competing pressures of immediate tasks and alongside longer-term projects. 
• Ability to operate in a changing and dynamic environment with tight deadlines 

What can Modulr offer you 

You will be part of a cross disciplinary team(s), with co-workers located in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam, and India. We are friendly and sociable, challenging but rewarding. We want you to push yourself and for us to support you in your future as we scale up and grow.  

• Share Options Incentive Scheme. 

• Company Bonus - the more successful we are together, the greater the reward. 

• Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs. Including Private medical insurance, gym membership, health checks etc.  

• Perkbox - enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services. 

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) & your birthday off - choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones. 

• Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme, called ModStart, to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But we do not want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels, platforms, and Buddy allocation to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr. 

• Modulr hands-on - join your colleagues for our company wide events throughout the year.  

• Great workspace - Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We ask our team members to be based in the office 4 or more days a week. We have state of the art offices located in WeWork in Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.   

• Bike to work / E-bike scheme. 

ModInclusion 

At Modulr, we are working hard to build a more positive diverse and inclusive culture that helps everyone to feel they belong and can truly bring their whole self to work. Not only is it the right thing to do for everyone in the Modulr team, it’s also the right thing to do for our business, the community we operate in and attracting future talent. As part of our approach, we actively welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. 

 

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