Financial Accountant in London

Company Overview
Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity. With 5,400+ employees and over 80,000 institutional, commercial, and payments clients, we operate from more than 80 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world‐class products and services to all types of investors.

Business Segment Overview
Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business‐critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you'll have the opportunity to optimise processes and implement game‐changing policies.

Responsibilities

Position Purpose
To support the month‐end close and reconciliation processes across multiple entities, helping ensure accurate financial reporting, strong control, and timely delivery of key finance outputs. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to a multi‐entity financial services environment, with support across audit and statutory reporting. The role operates within a structured team environment with review and support from senior finance members.

• Assist with the month‐end close process across multiple entities, including the UK, Irish Digital, Cyprus, Poland and smaller legacy companies.
• Prepare and post journals, including accruals, prepayments and fixed asset accounting, with appropriate review and oversight.
• Support daily reconciliation processes, including bank, trading and client reconciliations, investigating and resolving differences in a timely manner.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for review, ensuring accounts are appropriately supported.
• Investigate reconciling items and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Support adherence to internal controls, finance policies and month‐end timelines.
• Assist with year‐end activities, including preparation of audit schedules and responding to auditor queries.
• Support statutory reporting processes across the relevant jurisdictions.
• Contribute to process improvements, with a focus on enhancing controls, efficiency and automation.
• With monthly variance analysis and review of intercompany differences.

Qualifications

• Part‐qualified (or studying towards) ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience in a financial accounting role, ideally within a multi‐entity environment.
• Understanding of month‐end processes, including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience performing reconciliations (bank, trading or client preferred but not essential for all areas).
• Exposure to audit processes or statutory reporting is beneficial but not required.
• Familiarity with accounting systems (e.g. Oracle) and reconciliation tools (e.g. Blackline) is advantageous.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to work with and analyse large data sets.

What makes you stand out

• Strong attention to detail with a control‐focused mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Good communication and team working skills.
• Proactive approach to problem‐solving and resolving issues.
• Willingness to learn and develop within a structured finance environment.

Working environment
Hybrid (1‐day WFH)