URBN Treasury Accountant

URBN is seeking a Treasury Accountant with an International Focus that will be primarily responsible for performing daily, monthly, and ad-hoc accounting and operational functions related to the company's foreign cash positions, particularly across European entities. This hybrid role emphasizes backward-looking financial control, ensuring all international cash movements, banking activities, and complex payments comply with GAAP and internal standards.

1. International Cash Accounting & Control

• Assist in reconciling and recording bank activity on a daily/monthly basis for all foreign bank accounts.
• Maintain all bank reporting and transaction documentation for daily use and audit purposes.
• Ensure GAAP compliance with all cash movements and foreign bank transactions.
• Assist in tracking, recording, and application of money movements within the European pooling process.
• Assist in the compilation of bank-related activities for external auditors.
• Assist in managing KYC compliance for all bank and external partners.

2. Global Payment Operations & Administration

• Perform administrative functions, including entering payments into bank web portals.
• Manage the execution of various time sensitive payments, including VAT, utilities/property invoices, and international payroll components (e.g., salaries and third-party payroll payments).
• Assist in managing the invoicing for armored car relationships as well as coordinating with store locations to troubleshoot armored carrier issues (missed pickups, coin/currency orders, etc.)
• Set up and maintain foreign payment templates and ensure proper payment methods are utilized for efficiency (e.g., utilizing SEPA over wire transfers when applicable).
• Investigate and resolve rejected foreign payments, including issues related to beneficiary name length in Oracle or updated BIC/bank details.
• Assist with processing and reconciliation of the customer refund process.
• Assist the Treasury Manager on the submittal and approval of intercompany account transfers and urgent payments.

3. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate directly with European A/P, Payroll, Compliance/Tax, and Property Departments to ensure all payments/refunds are correctly recorded in the General Ledger.
• Follow up with A/P, Property, and Payroll on account activity.
• Assist in the processing of Accounts Receivable invoices for international partners and ensure proper receipting by close deadlines.
• Liaise with the Sales Audit department to ensure sales-related transactions are accurately recorded and monitored.

4. Project/Ad-Hoc Duties

• Assist in all projects including implementation and roll out of all European initiative as the business evolves.
• Assist in leveraging the Treasury Workstation (Kyriba) to create greater efficiency and transparency across all functions of the treasury department.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Experience & Skills:
• Experience with bank account reconciliations.
• Knowledge of online banking portals.
• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Experience with Oracle preferred.
• Experience with Kyriba preferred.

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits 

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.