Assistant Financial Accountant

Our client is a PE backed Global Business that is looking to hire a Part Qualified Assistant Financial Accountant due to growth and expansion. The role offers clear career progression from day one, great benefits and offers hybrid wokring (3 days) in an amazing office located near Victoria tube station.

The role:

General assistance in the monthly financial close process, posting manual journals and processing intercompany transactions, including invoices, credit notes and other journals such as dividends, funding, loans and associated interest entries.

▪ Maintaining intercompany reconciliations
▪ Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
▪ Responsibility for ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are completed, reviewed, and signed off on a monthly basis. That any actions resulting from sign off are completed in a timely manner.
▪ Assist with annual audit, including preparing statutory packs for central entities
▪ Performance of, and compliance with internal controls with respect to the Group's external reporting and continuous
improvement of controls.
▪ Preparation and submission of additional ad-hoc management reports and analyses.
▪ Collaborate with the wider finance team and stakeholders across the different regions to ensure accurate reporting.

Essential requirements:

▪ Degree in finance/accounting or related discipline from a recognised tertiary institution
▪ Holder of a professional accounting qualification(s)(ACA, ACCA) - Part qualified/ newly qualified
▪ Strong academic performance at tertiary level in the relevant discipline
▪ Accounting under IFRS
▪ Maintaining ledgers of Holding companies/ Head Office
▪ Experience in multi-national organisation at a Group level, candidates from Big4 or top 10 practice
welcome (i.e. confident with translating foreign currencies)
▪ Strong performer in previous role(s)
▪ Highly analytical
▪ Good Excel skills
▪ Ability to "think out of the box" and create from scratch