Description
Finance Analyst - 6 months - Chester - Negotiable Daily Rate
A leading Investment Banking client of Hyphen is looking for a Finance Analyst to join their team in Chester.
Role is for a finance associate within a medium sized team (~14 people) with responsibility for all elements of Corporate Reporting in the UK.
Requirements
The candidate should have the following competencies/experience:-
Essential
Degree Level Qualification
Strong controls mentality
Ability to apply sound judgement, pursue goals and consistently deliver results
Demonstrate ability to work in a team, while contributing individually and across other teams
Ability to self manage and prioritise
Problem solve with lateral thinking to create solutions
Provide effective challenge and display confidence to challenge
Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.
Flexibility and good negotiations skills
High level of ownership and attention to detail
Desirable
Accounting experience either degree level, in current role or part qualified
UK GAAP Knowledge
Experience of preparing statutory accounts and liaising with auditors
General Ledger Experience
Excel proficiency
MS Access
Primary functions of the team are as follows:-
Month end close including journal preparation to support US close and generate UK GAAP accounts
Support monthly reporting cycle including reporting pack production, various P&L, expense and balance sheet reviews
Monthly controls, covering legal entity close controls, suspense account reviews, balance sheet attestation, corporate cost centre review and intercompany break clearance
Statutory Reporting supporting production of annual financial statements of Regulated and Statutory entities
Responsibility for production of semi-annual and annual financial statements for a number of SPVs, subsidiaries and structured product issuance vehicles.
Liaising with external auditors, providing directly and managing supply of auditable support from other functions.
Provision of financial information for Regulatory Reporting eg SEC
Working with UK regulatory reporting team to support FSA return production.
Assist on wide variety of ad hoc projects, both business and IT, from design, functional requirements, testing, to supporting implementation and procedures documentation. Recent examples include: MLI profitability, legal entity service fees, SAP conversion, Equity Pick Up, Bank Levy and Collateral system replacement.
Providing financial and accounting input into LEAR process for legal entity actions eg ownership and capital changes.
Supporting Project Clear - legal entity structure review, main activity is managing dissolution of entities.
Managing legal entity reference information
Hy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.