An opportunity has arisen for a Junior Trade Accountant to join the London Accounts team of an established Commodity Trading business. This is an opportunity for a Part Qualified or newly qualified Accountant to gain hands-on experience and develop their finance skills within a commodities environment.
The role involves supporting two Trade Accountants in their daily accounting and control activities of the trade desk, month-end accounting tasks, and time built in for work on projects & process improvements. We expect the combination of daily responsibilities, and training from our team of experienced commodity specialists.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Support the Trade Accountants with the daily and monthly activities for the London trading desk, including the daily P&L, cash accounting, various reconciliations and journal postings.
2. Work closely with the accounting team in India and ensure that their daily work/processes are reviewed and approved and escalate any queries to the Trade Accountants or Financial Controller.
3. Support the Trade Accountants with continuous process improvement by identifying inefficiencies in the trade accounting workflows and proposing automation or system enhancements.
4. Support implementation of standardised procedures and internal controls to strengthen accuracy, transparency and audit readiness.
5. Assist with ad hoc queries from trade and shipping teams
6. Support ad hoc cyclical finance activities such as assisting in monthly cash-flow forecasting, FX exposure management, and new system implementation.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
7. This role will suit a focused self-starter with an interest to gain experience within an accounting role and happy to support the team with the processes. Attention to detail, an analytical thought process, and strong team ethic are key as well as effective communication skills as will be working with the India, Accounts and Trade teams. Time management and ability to prioritise workload, are also important attributes.
8. This role is ideally suited to a part qualified / newly qualified Accountant with relevant experience or newly qualified accountant.
9. Individual must have strong accounting skills and a desire to learn about the commodity trading industry. Exposure working in an international organisation would be an advantage.
10. Excellent knowledge of Excel is also essential, and knowledge of Navision and Cognos would also be an advantage or a similar system.