Regulatory Accountant

Who we're looking for 

We are looking for a Regulatory Accountant to join our London Wealth Management Prudential Regulation team who are responsible for the prudential regulatory compliance of a UK bank and several investment firms within the Schroders Wealth Management division.

The team is responsible for maintaining a robust prudential reporting framework which incorporates COREP, FINREP. PRA, Bank of England statistical and MIFIDPRU returns. The team produce the ICAAP, ILAAP and Recovery Plans for the UK bank and support these processes for three non-UK banks. They prepare four ICARA documents for the Wealth UK regulated investment firms and provide a range of management information to many business areas and committees.

Cazenove Capital Management is a leading wealth manager offering portfolio management, wealth planning and specialist banking services, including liquidity management and lending services, to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, intermediaries and charities.

Cazenove Capital Management is part of the Wealth Management business of Schroders plc, which is a FTSE 100 company with £750.6bn* under management. We manage assets on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of active strategies across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and real estate. We employ over 6,102 talented people worldwide operating in 38 different locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, close to the markets in which we invest and close to our clients. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.

What you'll do

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute in the delivery of the team’s responsibilities. The precise responsibilities will be dependent on experience but will include:

• Being the first reviewer for a broad range of prudential regulatory returns.
• Maintaining business forecasting and stress testing analysis.
• Perform the review of a Daily Regulatory Dashboard which assesses capital and liquidity of the UK bank. 
• Supporting ad-hoc tasks and management information requests.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need 

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant or equivalent. 
• Experience of working in financial services, preferably wealth management, asset management or banking is required.
• Experience in prudential regulatory reporting preferred with a desire to expand knowledge in this area.
• Able to scrutinise data, build reports and run forecasts or models.
• Comfortable in analysing accounting ledgers and understanding account postings.
• Able to operate within a structured deadline-based environment.
• Skilled and experienced MS Office user (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience in using ledger accounting or core banking system software beneficial.

What you'll be like

• Enthusiasm that manifests itself in hard work and attention to detail.
• Pro-active with an inquisitive mindset and able to work independently.
• Team player, able and willing to use knowledge and abilities to support the team.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Organised, diligent and methodical.
• Interested in innovation and process enhancement – able to identify areas to improve efficiency. 

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.