Senior Management Accountant

Senior Management Accountant | London

Job Overview

Take financial ownership and accountability for MEL, MTS, MEHL, MEM, and become the expert in financial regulations and processes for the assigned region, serving as the main point of contact.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Preparing, reviewing and fully responsible for the management accounts pack for the responsible entities ensuring compliance with the UK regulations or any other local regulation.
• Attend month‑end meetings, discuss any issues with the monthly management accounts or reconciliations and work with the team to resolve queries and agree on close procedures.
• Ensure the management accounts are compliant with country/regional regulations and work with the Finance team to agree on inter‑company reconciliations.
• Review inter‑company reconciliations and carry out regular reviews of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet throughout the month and at month‑end (GL reviews), ensuring correct accounting treatment for all transactions.
• Identify variances and trends, and instruct required accounting adjustments to the Accounts Payable team or Finance Assistant.
• Collaborate with Finance Business Partner (FBP) to bring the commercial element into the accounts and discuss monthly accruals, ensuring provisions for upcoming costs as advised by department Heads.
• Review month‑end activities and postings carried out by the Finance Assistant and MA, including bank reconciliations, balance‑sheet reconciliation, and mentoring the team.
• Prepare/ review monthly reports required by the Head Office in Mexico, mentor the junior team, and provide key financial highlights and commentary to the local controller.
• Prepare statutory annual accounts and take full ownership of year‑end processes.
• Support the local controller with the interim and year‑end external audit process and review the financials prepared for quarterly Board Meetings.
• Lead and supervise all monthly and ad‑hoc finance‑related activities for IAs.
• Support the local controller with any required ad‑hoc activities, including requests or queries from the Head Office.
• Lead and support internal and external audits, manage project work, and ensure the standard of all documentation for the department’s systems, controls, policies and processes.

Business Knowledge / Technical Skills

• Previous experience working within a regulated investment firm.
• Strong demonstrable experience in a similar role in a commercial environment.
• Strong accounting, finance and bookkeeping background.
• Understanding of key accounting concepts and reporting requirements within the UK and across Monex regions.
• Strong knowledge of UK financial regulations and financial regulations, compliance and risk management within other countries/regions within the group.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment in which an FX firm operates.
• Clear understanding of the purpose of risk management and compliance within a regulated environment.
• Experience working with an assigned country/region; awareness of regulatory, compliance and risk management in other countries/regions is an advantage.
• Ability to analyze complicated data and collate information.
• Extensive knowledge of FRS102, IFRS.
• Experience in tax calculation, corporate tax and VAT.

Leadership / Management Skills

• Leads by example, embodying the company culture and values; cultivates an environment of psychological safety, innovation, creativity and increased productivity.
• Able to anticipate issues and risks and mitigate accordingly.
• Maintains high standards of documentation for the department’s systems, controls, policies and processes.
• Maintains decision‑making records.
• Previous line‑management experience essential.

Systems / Knowledge Skills

• MS Office – Outlook, Word, Excel (V‑lookups, pivot tables), PowerPoint.
• Experience with Finance – Workday is an advantage.
• Databases – FXDB (in‑house).
• Power BI – desirable.