Job Title: Senior Finance Accountant
Location: London
Dept / Team: Finance
Reports To: Assistant Director, F&TP
Contacts Internally Contacts Externally
All Staff (Globally) Auditors
Third Party Providers
Principal duties and responsibilities
• Maintenance and review of fixed assets’ registers
• Maintenance of nominal ledger and all supporting spreadsheets/workings
• Updating of FX rates and Bank reconciliation on Cash Manager
• Reviewing of Bought Ledger and Cashbook reports
• Production of client money reconciliations
• Production of monthly management accounts
• Production of the Bii (monthly Income Report)
• Provision of assistance in the calculation of corporate tax
• Production of VAT return
• Production of regulatory returns for the Group’s subsidiary companies (e.g. FCA’s RMAR, Resilience report)
• Provision of assistance to the CFO and AD in devising, implementing and reviewing the adequacy of the Group’s internal controls with respect to financial matters.
• Provision of assistance to the CFO and AD in the preparation of all workings leading to the production of the Group’s year-end financial statements and the interim profit verification, including technical review and challenge of its accounting consolidation.
• Preparation of the Group’s annual budget.
• Production of annual 1099 forms for our US entity regarding their Suppliers payments.
• Calculation and proposal of the Group’s FX trading activity and investment of surplus own funds.
• Reviewing the UK entities P11D’s and ensuring payment and submission of forms are completed within the deadlines.
• Maintenance of relationships with external counterparties (banks, consultants etc.)
• Ad hoc duties as required.
Skills and competencies
• Fully Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA, 2 years post qualification.
• Ideally from an insurance/broking background.
• Experience gained within both practice and industry.
• Tenacious, resilient, passionate & ambitious.
• Proven and demonstrable senior management interaction.
• Capable of using initiative to deal with multiple challenges.
• Excellent planning and organisational ability, can juggle multiple demands and prioritise work accordingly.
• Determination to meet tight deadlines.
• Utmost attention to detail and a focus to achieve presentable and high-quality work.
• Adaptable and ability to respond well to change and pressure.
• Familiarity with the CASS (Client Money) rulebook (specifically chapter 5 highly desirable).