Treasury, Banking Operations Specialist

About us:

We are an international defense startup, rapidly expanding to support the Ukrainian national needs. As a startup, we operate in a highly flexible environment where agility, adaptability, and a hands-on approach are critical for success.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Treasury & Banking Operations Specialist to manage the Company’s day-to-day banking operations, bank relationships, account administration, payments, liquidity monitoring, cash-flow planning, and foreign-exchange transactions.

A key part of the role will be direct communication with Ukrainian and international banks, including the end-to-end coordination of bank-account openings, preparation and submission of banking documentation, KYC and compliance requests, maintenance of authorized users and signatories, and resolution of operational banking issues.

The role will also be responsible for preparing payments, providing bank statements and payment information to the US Finance team, reconciling payments to vendor bills, monitoring available liquidity, supporting cash-flow forecasting, and ensuring that sufficient funds are available in the required currencies and bank accounts.

The ideal candidate has strong practical experience in corporate banking operations and understands banking processes from both the bank’s and the corporate client’s perspectives. Experience as a senior banking operations specialist, corporate-client operations specialist, deputy branch manager, or head of banking operations would be highly relevant.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for Ukrainian and international banks, maintaining effective relationships and resolving banking and payment-related issues.
• Manage corporate bank accounts and online-banking administration, including account opening, KYC documentation, signatories, user access, approval limits, payment templates, and access changes.
• Prepare, verify, and process supplier, payroll, tax, employee, and intercompany payments, ensuring appropriate approvals, supporting documentation, and payment controls.
• Coordinate foreign-currency payments and conversions, intercompany and inter-account transfers, and resolve rejected, delayed, blocked, or incorrectly processed payments.
• Monitor daily cash balances across legal entities, accounts, and currencies; maintain short-term cash-flow forecasts and proactively escalate liquidity, currency, or payment-timing risks.
• Reconcile bank accounts, clearing accounts, and treasury-related GL balances; record bank activity, fees, FX differences, and transfers in Odoo and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare recurring treasury and cash reports and provide timely payment-status updates to Finance, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Payroll, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain audit-ready treasury documentation and ensure compliance with segregation-of-duties, dual-approval, authorization, and fraud-prevention controls.
• Support month-end/year-end close and internal and external audits related to cash, banking, payments, and treasury reconciliations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Banking, or a related field.
• 4−7 years of experience in corporate banking operations, treasury, cash management, or a closely related role.
• Hands-on experience with corporate bank accounts, KYC and compliance documentation, signatory and online-banking administration, payment processing, and bank-client communication.
• Strong understanding of corporate payments, banking documentation, foreign-currency transactions, approval matrices, segregation of duties, and Ukrainian banking requirements.
• Experience monitoring liquidity, planning cash movements, and coordinating foreign-exchange transactions.
• Ability to independently communicate and negotiate with banks, resolve operational issues, and challenge incomplete or improperly approved payment requests.
• Working accounting knowledge sufficient for bank, payment, vendor-bill, and GL reconciliations, combined with strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• High integrity, attention to detail, and strong organizational skills when managing confidential information, high transaction volumes, and time-sensitive deadlines.
• English proficiency sufficient for banking documentation and collaboration with international stakeholders; fluent Ukrainian.
• Experience with Odoo or another ERP system is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in a bank supporting corporate clients, particularly in corporate banking operations or a senior operational role.
• Experience in a multinational, technology, manufacturing, defense, or high-growth environment.
• Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency treasury operations.
• Knowledge of Ukrainian Accounting Standards and exposure to US GAAP.
• Experience improving or automating payment, cash-reporting, or bank-reconciliation processes.
• Familiarity with bank guarantees, letters of credit, or other trade-finance instruments.

We Offer

• Full-time position & official employment
• Competitive salary (determined individually based on experience and interview results.)
• Paid vacation and sick leave according to Ukrainian legislation
• Medical insurance
• Hybrid (Kyiv preferred; remote within Ukraine is available, with business travel to Kyiv as required)
• Reservation from mobilization
• Friendly and people-oriented team culture
• Have opportunities to work on an innovative and impactful product

Please note: If you don’t hear from us within two weeks of submitting your application, it means that we have decided not to move forward with your application at this time. We truly appreciate your interest in joining our team and the time you invested in applying. Thank you for your understanding!