Senior Accountant

Job Description

Key responsibilities

The brief description outlined above will involve the following specific duties:

• Oversight of the timely month end close process for a number of legal entities, ensuring accounting is in line with group and company policies
• Management of a number of legal entity audits and ensuring timely submission of financial statements before regulatory deadlines
• Oversight of the production number of the statutory financial statements
• Oversight of the timely production of a number of regulatory reports ensuring ongoing compliance with relevant regulatory capital requirements at all times
• Oversight of payment procedures of a number of legal entities ensuring appropriate cash management at all times
• Management of the annual budget process
• Liaise closely with the Head of Finance – Americas and Local Managing Directors
• Finance reporting to legal entity boards
• Accounting support for billing and FP&A teams
• Stay current and abreast of relevant IFRS developments that impact the firm
• Manage ad hoc requests as necessary

Skills / experience

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good understanding and well-versed in accounting principles and concept
• 2 - 5 years’ post article experience
• Proficient with Excel, accounting systems and general IT
• Conversant in IFRs
• Self-motivated, proactive, resilient, and resourceful
• An ability to work to and meet agreed deadlines
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work on one’s own initiative
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, both verbal and written in English
• Confident and credible partnering with stakeholders and sponsors to a high level and driving broader business engagement in chang

Preferably

• Experience in audit would be ideal, but not necessary
• Interest in financial services e.g., fund administration, banking
• Creative thinker with aptitude for diagnosing problems/issues and proposing solutions
• Experience with accounting/financial control mechanisms