Management Accountant - 6 month contract - £Exc

This leading, independent, global asset manager who manage approx. $55bil are currently seeking an enthusiastic and proactive qualified Accountant to join their professional, friendly and dynamic Business Services, Finance team. A post qualified Accountant with approximately 2-4 years’ experience, a positive outlook, good leadership skills and prior experience of working within the investment management industry would be ideally suited.

Roles & Responsibilities

Supervision of A/P, A/R and G/L processing teams and approval and overseeing month-end journals and processes.
Assistance with Finance reporting and controls.
Bi-weekly finance reporting and forecasts.
Monthly and quarterly management accounts and KPI reporting.
Quarterly & ad hoc COO reporting.
Assistance with regulatory reporting including the ICARA document (annually) and quarterly FCA returns.
Assistance with preparation of Board Meeting agendas and schedules.
Assistance with Corporate update.
Assistance with Tax compliance.
Maintenance and update of the accounting system, accounting books and records.
Project work as per agreed team objectives.

Key Relationships

Internal:

Business Management – liaise with Accountants / Senior Finance Manager regarding monthly results, balance sheet reconciliation review queries and AP Accountant re staff reimbursables.
Cost centre managers – liaise with cost centre managers regarding reported cost variances and forecast /budgeted costs.
EAs and staff – liaise regarding travel expenses and Concur processing.
IT Infrastructure and Project teams – liaise with IT team in respect of Concur, Costs dashboard and Cash.
Management projects and accounting system maintenance.
Legal – Board meeting agendas and schedules; Insurance queries.

External:

Auditors – provision of reconciliations, reports and audit schedules; respond to enquiries.
FCA – submission of FCA returns; FCA enquiries.

Experience & Qualifications

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.
Degree qualified (2:1 as a minimum or the international equivalent of this qualification).
Proven knowledge of and exposure to UK bookkeeping, accounting and tax principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations.
Proven work experience in a comparable role.
Exposure to system development and project management.
Experience of Concur and Sage at a user and administrator level.
Supervisory or management experience.
Investment management industry (Finance team) experience.
Experience of US and UK corporation taxation.
Management consultancy experience.
Self-motivated and self- starter.
Ability to influence attention to detail.
Numerate and accurate planning, organising and problem solving.
Analytical mind with good problem-solving aptitude.
Ability to manage ambiguity.
Trustworthy and discrete.

To hear more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Karen Consalvi on 020 7847 8878 or email karen@meredithbrown.com

Ref: KC15527

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