Job Description

This role requires an individual who is highly organized, capable of both dealing with multiple work streams and running defined processes efficiently and autonomously. You will be working for are busy and diverse. To excel in this role, it is essential that you are proactive, keen to learn, focused, self-motivated and able to work to deadlines. 

You will be responsible for the financial management and reporting of the holding companies, which provide shareholder loans and equity investments into the trading companies which includes energy, healthcare and fiber businesses. Being able to understand and partner with the business is key to our team and through the passage of time, there may be commercial and strategic projects where this role will be expected to support; such projects may include debt raising, restructuring and acquisitions. This role will be suitable for a self-starter, comfortable working individually on projects or collaboratively within a team, and someone who will be able to demonstrate strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects. They will be expected to work closely with the qualified accounts within the OITS team in addition to other stakeholders within the business including Company Secretarial and Portfolio Management, so the right individual will need to be adaptable, demonstrate technical skills and be ready to manage a wide range of stakeholder relationships.

Reporting

• Prepare management accounts for the holding entities to a consistently high standard to meet strict deadlines. To include preparing journals and reviewing cash book entries.
• To ensure company books and records are appropriately updated for transactions information, and year-end audit adjustments are reflected in the accounts and records swiftly and accurately.
• Support the preparation of consolidations, including assisting with collating and reviewing the notes to the financial statements.
• Liaise with internal finance teams who prepare some of the management reporting to develop a thorough understanding of their businesses and ensure timely delivery of financial information.
• To maintain a thorough understanding of all the entities and a working knowledge of current issues impacting them and apply this knowledge to reports and narrative produced.
• To collate and review financial information submitted by component finance teams and challenge where appropriate.
• Preparation of VAT returns where required.

Technical

• Be the key point of contact for audit and technical queries on the holding companies.
• Assist in the preparation of technical papers for internal stakeholders and/or auditors as required.
• Be the key finance contact for processes such as payment of dividends and investments in subsidiary entities including the preparation of workings.
• Prepare monthly management fee and recharge calculations.

Other

• Prepare any adhoc analysis as required.
• Support the Financial Controller with the transition of management reporting from Excel to a reporting tool.
• Provide prompt and accurate financial information to investment teams on queries.
• Ensure that robust processes are embedded by taking a lead on the delivery of automation of information to reduce the reliance on spreadsheets and manual inputs, for both internal and external data requests.
• Work with Accounts Payable to ensure invoices and costs are paid on a timely basis.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Part Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent). Financial Services experience desirable but not essential. Proven track record of delivering results. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build relationships within their team and across departments. The successful candidate will need to have an understanding and willingness to get into the detail as required. Excel and reporting skills.