Financial Reporting Manager - Technical

Reports to Senior Financial Reporting Manager

The purpose of this position is to support the client facing teams with their day to day accounting queries/updates and be the subject matter expert on relevant laws and regulations. In addition, provide help to our Regulatory Reporting Team with delivering regulatory reporting services to clients.

Technical accounting

• Act as the first point of contact for technical queries raised by the accounting teams
• Review the quarterly/annual financial statements prepared by the accounting teams to ensure the accuracy, consistency and completeness of the amounts and disclosures
• Review quarterly/annual financial statements as a part of cold review process to ensure the adherence of standard procedures and processes in financial reporting
• Be vigilant on accounting updates (standards, guidelines etc.), analyse the impact on current client structures and communicate with the accounting teams
• Attend client meetings and represent teams for any client specific technical accounting queries
• Interact with client facing and other support teams across the Group to help deliver the client demands/client relationship
• Assist client facing accounting teams to prepare/produce key accounting technical papers/review of those papers
• Deliver technical accounting training sessions to client facing teams at all levels (Accountants)
• Perform ad-hoc reviews of complex accounting calculations (e.g. Carried Interest, Management fees, etc.) and advise client facing accounting teams on the findings
• Active participation in automation/process standardisation projects

Regulatory reporting

• Under the direction of the Regulatory Reporting Manager, perform periodic FATCA/CRS, AIFMD, Economic Substance and other regulatory reporting for clients

Skills, knowledge, expertise:

• Post qualification experience supported by a relevant professional qualification (ACCA or ACA)
• Sound technical financial services knowledge 
• Computer literacy, word processing and spreadsheet skills are essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills are required to develop close working relationships with colleagues, clients and business contacts
• People management experience