Job Description

You will be responsible for a number of different legal entities. This will involve complete ownership of the entity from journal posting through to the preparation of the annual financial statements.

• Preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts, and quarterly reporting.
• Preparation, review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board
• Preparation of board reports
• Preparation and explanation of monthly P&L estimates to the trading Desk and coordination with Product Control
• Coordination with the tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
• Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments and being able to communicate this effectively to team members
• Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value added work
• Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant – ACA (Newly qualified to 2 years PQE experience)
• Accounting knowledge gained from either a previous audit or accounting role
• Preparation of audited financial statements under UK GAAP or IFRS an advantage
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills given third party reporting vendor interactions
• Willing to work in a highly-driven team environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Highly-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient PC Skills (Word, Excel)
• You demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgment in a highly regulated environment
• Enjoy keeping up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends
• You demonstrate strong technical skills, pay attention to detail, take initiative to broaden your knowledge and resolve accounting issues
• Successfully handle multiple tasks, take initiative to improve your own performance, work intensely towards challenging goals
• Effectively handle difficult requests, build trusting, long-term relationships with clients, help the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations
• You are a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills. You collaborate well with others within and across teams, encourage other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions
• Communicate what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and share information/new ideas with others
• You will always be thinking ahead, able to anticipate questions, plan for contingencies, find alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives.