Financial Statement Preparation Analyst

Summary of role

As a Financial Statement Preparation Analyst, you are responsible for accurately compiling and organizing financial data to generate comprehensive statements in accordance with regulatory standards & company policies and processing simple markups.

Role and Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of financial statements.
• Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with relevant international accounting standards (E.g, IFRS, UK GAAP or any other international GAAPs).
• Perform self-reviews to ensure that the quality of the financial statements is up to standard.
• Active adherence to budget and timetable, bringing matters to the attention of the manager.
• Ensure all deadlines are met.
• Identify and understand clients’ needs, including sometimes providing initial solutions to client challenges, then communicating these needs and solutions to the Manager.
• Adhere to all Risk & Compliance procedures in line with company and the client's expectations.
• Adhere to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Data Protection Act.
• Ensure project reports and SLA& KPI (Key Performance Indicators) are updated.
• Escalate issues to reporting line as and when required.
• Carry out ad hoc assignments as may be reasonably required.

Qualification and Experience

• HSC (Higher School Certificate) with accounting as main subject or.
• Professional qualifications (ACCA/ACA) would be an advantage.
• Experience in the preparation of financial statements/ or use of caseware software will be an advantage.

Skills

• Strong commitment to professional client service excellence.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and review skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (English).
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office, Excel and Word.
• Demonstrate accountability for results.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to work odd hours.