Financial Reporting:

Daily Reports

  • Preparation of the Daily Balance Sheet (Retail & Wholesale Operations Performance Only). Analysing the daily sales data trends and variances. Reports to be sent to the business (sales staff + management including the Executives).
  • Preparation of the Daily Balance Sheet (Entire Balance Sheet). Analysing operational and non-operational elements of the entire business. Making adjustments to capture the whole business performance inclusive of assets and other liabilities.

Month-end Reporting

  • Reviewing the purchase ledger for the month. Identifying any irregularities, ensuring correct cost centres and P&L expense categories have been allocated by the AP.
  • Setting accruals. Managing the budgeted costs to stay in line with the current month's expenses and previous month's costs. Keeping close eye on the monthly costs and the expected costs by working with the AP, to ensure sufficient accruals are set for expected costs. Provide narrative and variance analysis on the increase/ decrease in the costs month on month.
  • Managing prepayments. Allocating the expenses incurred that relates to more than a month appropriately.
  • Month-end journal posting. Posting month-end costs to the general ledger, ensuring reconciliations are in place to tally with the purchase ledger and the accruals and prepayments schedule.
  • Managing the Fixed Asset Register. Determining the line items coming from the purchase ledger that qualify for capitalisation. Recording them on the fixed asset register based on the appropriate asset class.
  • Running the Depreciation Run. Based on each class's useful life running the depreciation run capturing any additions as well as taking account of disposals if any. Subsequently posting the journals onto the general ledger.
  • Arrears analysis/ Running the provisions model. Regularly monitoring the arrears/ missed payments from financing assets. Feeding the information into the model and analysing any change in provisions.

Annual

  • Preparation of the statuary accounts backing schedules.
  • Assist in audits.

PRA Regulatory Reporting

Monthly

  • Basis Risk Return. Preparation of the monthly basis risk return for onward submission to ALCO.

Quarterly

  • PRA loan book return. Compiling the PRA loan book annual return. Ensuring compliance with the PRA guidelines and submitting it timely.

Ideal Candidate:

  • ACA or ACCA qualified. (Preferably from a top 4 firm).
  • Newly qualified or 1 year post qualified experience in a similar role.
  • Strong knowledge in IFRS and UK GAAP.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • High proficiency in Excel.