Financial Reporting Assistant

Reporting to the Financial Controller, working in a close team, your role will be to assist and take responsibility for all the transactional and month end requirements for the UK accounting team.

Client Details

A leading Banking organisation with International Reach and in an exciting phase of growth. Based in the City area of London with hybrid working.

Description

As part of the Finance Operations team, your role will be broad and duties will include:

• Daily bank reconciliations and General Ledger review
• Daily nostro and SWIFT message monitoring
• Uploading invoices, monitoring accounts payable and managing relationships with suppliers
• Preparing journal entries to ensure all transactions are recorded
• Monthly preparation of prepayments and accruals
• Budget variance analysis
• Analysing financial data prior to day 3 month-end closure and resolving discrepancies
• Review of monthly operating expenses and budget variance analysis
• Preparation of various tax and regulatory returns
• Liaising with the UK Operations team on a daily basis
• Interacting with the Accounting, Operations, Treasury and IT departments
• Preparing documentation for internal auditors

Profile

The idea candidate will have had previous exposure to working within Banking or similar sector.

Sound accounting / bookkeeping knowledge e.g debits, credit, accruals, prepayments

Desire to learn and develop within an accounting team.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Good Excel ability.

Knowledge of another European language e.g. Spanish advantageous although not essential.

Job Offer

Competitive salary, bonus, daily lunch allowance, pension, private medical insurance and study support if required.

Hybrid working.