Finance Principal- 12 Month FTC £Exc + bens and bonus

Our client, a highly regarded Investment firm with circa $60Bil of AUM has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Finance professional to join their growing team based in London on a 12 month fixed term contract. You will operate as a trusted Finance Business Partner applying your accounting and finance practices across a range of processes and operations ensuring process improvements where needed.

Roles & Responsibilities

Oversight and responsibility for the preparation of monthly management account information.
Provide and analyse quarterly budgeting and forecasting information, ensuring alignment with the firm’s strategic goals and financial targets, and be able to present this effectively to key stakeholders and senior leaders across the Firm.
Oversight of regional client billing cycles and fee calculations, ensuring these are produced by relevant team members with accuracy and timeliness.
Provide guidance, oversight and direction for the relevant outsourced resources, and onsite team, who are responsible for the process of organising and scheduling supplier invoice payments to ensure timely and correct transactions.
Preparation, analysis and delivery of relevant regulatory information and filings.
Be responsible for conducting thorough analytical reviews of financial statements and budget reports to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
Regularly present analysis and findings to senior management, explaining financial data in a clear and concise manner, and identifying innovative approaches to analysing relevant data.
Continuously review and propose enhancements or improvements to operating processes to ensure and improve efficiency and accuracy and providing support to other team members as part of their ongoing training and development, where required.

Experience & Qualifications

Will be qualified as an Accounting and Finance professional and/or hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
Will have demonstrable, or equivalent, 3-6 years post qualified experience in accounting, financial analysis, finance business partnering, or a similar finance related role within a corporate environment.
Commercially-minded, proactive and motivated team player.
Experience within, or a strong understanding of, the Financial Services industry.
Proven experience of adhering to the complex regulatory reporting requirements within the Financial Services industry.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and the ability to identify areas of improvement.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with stakeholders across all levels, locations and business functions.
Experience of budgeting and analytical review.
Strong proficiency using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, as well as prior experience of using an accounting system or other financial software.
Knowledge or prior experience of SAP Business by Design would be highly desirable.

To hear more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Alex Brown on 020 7847 8878 or email your CV to alex@meredithbrown.com

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