Assistant Accountant / Assistant Treasury System Control Manager

A leading UK Bank are seeking an Assistant Accountant to join them on a fixed contract based in Edinburgh.

Responsibilities:

• Data quality assurance
• Element of financial reporting on top of that
• Mixed roled - dealing with half IT and half Finance.
• Daily processing and controls procedures, to assure financial ledger positions
• Preparation of daily/month-end reporting journals
• Perform reconciliations to support the balance sheet substantiation process, as well as assisting in various other month end reporting requirements.
• Investigation and remediation of Intercompany reconciliations and transactions.
• Interrogate large data sets (Excel) to analyse adjusting entries to the finance ledger
• Production of internal and external reporting for the Bank.
• Performing standard and non-routine administrative data processing tasks for leadership and gives colleagues advice on the proper performance of departmental processes.
• Deliver assurance on the underlying financial information, through robust controls.
• Preparation of moderately complex documents by using multiple computer applications (such as Microsoft Office), while also gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Developing personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities.
• Delivering routine support services to others by using existing policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reconciliations and controls background
• Good with integrating Data
• Knowledge of intercompany reporting

Benefits

• Up to £280 p.d.