Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Accountant with an Audit / Practice background

We will consider strong accountants who want to develop their expertise in the regulatory side of accounting as well as obviously continue with more regular accounting work.

• Manage a portfolio of Financial Regulated service client relationships
• Mentor and supervise other less experienced team members a team to deliver excellent client service
• Participate in the management of the economics of each client relationship, including pricing and resource allocation
• Participate in the capacity management of the team
• Pull together data from various categories of firm from their P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and Regulatory Capital in a timely and efficient manner in order to report to the FCA prior to deadlines due either quarterly, six monthly or yearly
• File various regulatory reports via Gabriel as well as reviewing draft returns and correcting validation errors
• Prepare Financial Projections which are submitted to the FCA in the application process for a firm to become authorised, and firms who have variations in their permissions
• Produce monthly projections for regulated entities to ensure any Regulatory Capital issues are dealt with in a timely manner
• Advise firms on their Regulatory Capital based on their requirements and accounting information
• Prepare of budgets based on last year’s actuals, and projected numbers
• Draft and review ICCAPs
• A good working knowledge of Arkk for Annex IV reporting to the FCA
• A good working knowledge of COREP reporting
• Maintain the accounting books for multiple clients using Sage Line 50
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts for multiple clients worldwide
• Reconcile Trial Balance multiple clients as part of the monthly process
• Prepare annual statutory accounts for multiple clients including UK Ltd companies and LLP’s (including consolidation)
• Report cashflow as part of the management accounts reporting package
• Provide monthly funding schedules to seed investors based on monthly incomings and outgoings of each client
• Ensure balance sheet accounts are reconciled each month and post any correction journals required
• Reconcile and submit VAT returns for full recovery, as well as including partial exempt
• Deal with audit queries

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities