Reporting Accountant
to £63,000 plus Bonus, Excellent Benefits
City of London
Minimum 3 days per week in the office Hybrid model
THE COMPANY
The company is one of the leading investment management groups in the world with over $350 billion assets under management and offices in 3 global financial centres. They can offer truly progressive careers within their 60 strong global finance function and have a professional and collegiate environment. This role would suit a qualified accountant who has experience of 3 - 6 years accountancy experience gained within industry or accountancy practice who is keen to learn and develop their career within an international global organisation. The company provides a lot of support and encouragement to grow through professional development, regular training and social activities, encouraging a team environment.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Qualified Accountant with relevant PQE, either from an accountancy practice or in industry.
- Strong academic background
- Good knowledge of accounting and regulatory standards with strong reporting knowledge with a focus on UK IFRS and FRS101 statutory financial statements
- Understanding of financial statements and corporate accounting including reconciliation of financial statements
- Exposure to a complex group structure and multi country environment.
- Excel experience
- Ability to be objectively review and challenge.
- Takes pride in their work delivering accurately to deadlines.
- Ability to analyse data and provide relevant financial insight.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
This is a key role in the External & Regulatory reporting team which is responsible for ensuring all external statutory reporting is produced accurately and in a timely manner for the UK and Europe. A significant part of the role will be as a legal entity controller responsible for a number of holding companies and subsidiaries within the group.
- Legal entity controller for a range of UK and European entities.
- Preparing and managing the balance sheet reconciliation process for designated entities including collation of issues for review.
- Preparation of the Income statement and balance sheet analytics and related commentary.
- Preparation of financial statements under FRS101 and FRS102.
- UK regulatory group consolidation and reporting on the results and performance on a monthly and quarterly basis, including variance analysis.
- Responsible for accounting for Pensions, Leases, and Intangible assets under both IFRS and US GAAP.
- Provision of information for inclusion in Group's annual and quarterly accounts.
- Provide detailed information and analysis to internal clients and other external reporting.
- Carry out additional duties as assigned.
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