Leading Wealth Management company in the City of London is seeking a recently qualified Management Accountant to join it's dynamic Management Accounts team, in a 12 month Fixed Term Contract (with strong chance of extension and / or perm conversion)
Reporting to the Snr Finance Manager in a team of 4, duties include:
- To support the Senior Finance Manager and Group Financial Controller, and the wider Management Accounts Team, to deliver the monthly financial result.
- To be responsible for monthly income reporting, understanding and taking ownership of the numbers and able to explain them with meaningful messaging.
- To report, comment and then explain the numbers to key stakeholders (both internally and externally to Finance)
- To analyse, understand and assist in reporting of the Group’s Funds under management.
- To take full responsibility for certain sections of the P&L and B/S and to be regarded as the ‘expert’ amongst your peers.
- Business partnering to support/corporate functions, demonstrating complete understanding of their performance.
- Involvement in the quarterly forecast process
- Aiding the auditors at half and full year.
- Assisting with the delivery of the Financial Statements.
Requirements:
- Candidates must be on one month notice or less
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA (passed finalist/0-1yrs qualified).
- Working in a high paced deadline driven environment.
- Experience of working in a Finance/Management Accounts Teams.
- Involvement/ownership of reporting, budgets, and strategic planning activities.
- Preferable exposure to financial services but strong non-FS considered.
- Excel - Advanced general user, pivot tables and IF statements.
- Working knowledge of PowerPoint.
- Finance systems - TM1, Pegasus Opera GL, generic General Ledgers and reporting systems experience (Power BI) desirable.