Job Description

My Client, a globally operating risk consultancy firm based in the City of London are looking for a Group Assistant Accountant to join their Group Finance team. Offering full study support, successful candidates will be studying towards an accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA) and will be bright, ambitious and keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an accurate fixed asset register across the group. This will include a high-level review of assets to determine the accuracy of whether the asset should have or not been acquired.
• Coordinate the group's business generation credit process.
• Manage the intercompany trading settlement agreement across the group and be the go-to person for any queries or disputes
• Responsible for intercompany trading and loan reconciliation across the group, eliminating/reducing the balance OS on a monthly basis. Identifying and working with regions to encourage these balances to be resolved before next month end.
• Assist the Group Financial Accountant with preparation of the group management account
• Fully responsible in collating and completing the forecasting report for the group making sure the numbers are accurate and be able to explain any large variances
• Support the team with the annual budget procedures
• Maintain and review the cash balances weekly within the group monitoring the possible exposure to FX against reporting currency

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills with the authority and credibility to gain respect and influence people both internally and externally.
• Experience of working in a multi-national company with the ability to work successfully across borders and cultures.
• Advanced level experience of MS Excel.
• Understanding and experience of a consultancy business and associated financial management and time/billing systems.
• Experience of working with and developing finance systems.
• Experience of financial consolidation.
• Power BI and Power Pivot experienced preferred
• Candidates working towards a recognised UK accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or international equivalent preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills with the authority and credibility to gain respect and influence people both internally and externally. • Experience of working in a multi-national company with the ability to work successfully across borders and cultures. • Advanced level experience of MS Excel. • Understanding and experience of a consultancy business and associated financial management and time/billing systems. • Experience of working with and developing finance systems. • Experience of financial consolidation. • Power BI and Power Pivot experienced preferred • Candidates working towards a recognised UK accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or international equivalent preferred