Senior Finance Accountant

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).