Financial Controller in City of Westminster

Location: London, UK (3 days onsite per week)

Project Duration: 6 months

Job Description:

• Perform day-to-day financial accounting activities with required efficiency and accuracy across all core disciplines; journal processing/review, balance sheet reconciliation preparation/review, fixed assets accounting, employee payroll and benefits accounting, lease accounting, EIR calculations, general accounting and broad application of principles outlined within IFRS standards.
• Ability to produce primary statements and accompanying notes to the Financial Statements.
• Follow the documented procedures, gaining in depth understanding of Client processes, active team player with good communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to deviate from a standardised process in order to deliver insightful and meaningful output to the Client, whether that be from a quantitative or qualitative perspective.
• Working with other suppliers of information, such as Accounts Payable, to safeguard the quality of financial information being fed into the general ledger is accurate and appropriate.
• Strong/broad working understanding and experience of hedge accounting under IFRS 9 (IAS 39 EU carve out). Understanding of key concepts/rules regarding designation of hedge relationships.
• Ability to produce monthly accounting journals for all types of hedge relationship, including accompanying analysis/commentary.
• Ability to operate and fully understand Excel based VBA models, which use interpolation to derive forward interest rates, discounted cash flows and regression analysis.
• Strong understanding of core treasury products/instruments and the associated accounting rules/principles.
• Ability to work seamlessly with FP&A and Technical Accounting to ensure both statutory and management accounts are accurately produced.

Skills Required:

• Good knowledge of record to report processes and previous worked for UK banking clients.
• Fluency in English language. Good business awareness, teamwork, adaptability, time management.
• Degree or equivalent level qualification.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint skills, for analysing data and preparing reporting packs.
• Skills in managing, coaching and developing fellow colleagues.
• Ability to own finance processes and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Numeracy, attention to detail and a logical approach to problem solving.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, develop recommendations and drive solutions proactively/autonomously.
• Ability to identify inefficiencies in processes and solutionise the ideal end state.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Contract

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Banking