Assistant Accountant

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Nicholas Howard Full time

Our Client is a fund management business and due to some recent acquisitions has reached sufficient scale to establish a best-in-class central finance and operations function. This will provide the operational infrastructure for the substantial growth anticipatedfor the European investment management platform.

The Assistant Accountant role will assist in the corporate reporting process across the corporate entities through the processing of corporate transactions in the general ledger and banking systems, as well as leading on the collection of revenues withinthe business. The Shared Services Finance function is newly created, and this role will have the ability to input into the processes and procedures adopted by the team, including providing insights into enhancing the control environment in an expanding business.

This role will be based in Edinburgh and report into the Group Finance Manager.

Key Job Responsibilities
- Producing all outputs required for group deliverables on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Processing invoices on the company ERP system
- Leading the corporate accounts payable and accounts receivable function, including working with other teams within the wider company for fee generation and collection
- Ownership of transactional level backup, and providing that backup to stakeholders when required, including during the year end audits
- Fielding and responding to ad hoc queries from stakeholders including parent entities
- Developing and maintaining a robust corporate control environment, helping to document the underlying processes and controls
- Lead bank reconciliation close by month end and control account reconciliations
- Day to day input into and operation of the corporate banking platform

Skills and Qualifications
- Part qualified or recently qualified accountant (CA/ACA/ACCA), ideally with a background in financial services or from practice with financial services client experience
- Competence in journal processing within an ERP system, and extracting trial balances from this system (experience with Netsuite preferable)
- Ability to create a strong control environment within the Finance team, especially in accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management
- A high attention to detail and an analytical ability to investigate and provide insights and resolve discrepancies
- Excellent team player with clear and concise communication contributing new ideas with confidence
- Understanding of accounting standards (IFRS and UK GAAP)
- Ability to deliver under tight timescales in a fast-paced environment
- Track record of automation and process improvement
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Competent user of Excel, PowerPoint and Word


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