Financial Accountant
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Harlow, Essex |
| Area | Essex, England |
| Sector | Accountancy Practice - Qualified |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | SP Business |
| Job Ref | SL/51456648 |
| Job Views | 66 |
- Description
- Financial Accountant
Staff Partners Business are happy to be working alongside a lovely client from Harlow who are searching for a qualified financial accountant to join their ever-growing team. The role of a financial accountant will require you to work with the Investment Accounting Manager to help with correctly accounting for movements in portfolio valuations, on-going improvements of financial governance including internal control and audits, balance sheet reconciliations, configuration of financial systems, VAT, legal compliance, and production of financial information.
What you’ll be doing:
Financial Accounting (Investments)- To deliver best practice accounting for the firm.
- To be first point of contact with selected Fund Managers and making related monthly postings to ledgers to accurately reflect investment valuations.
- To support reporting on the investment portfolios.
- Assist with work on the timing, content, and format of monthly sign off of the investment related balance sheet as a part of the overall Month End process.
- When required carry out G/L posting investigations, analysis and reconciliations.
- Collaborate with other members of Finance in reviewing and where possible streamlining and formalising internal processes and facilitating greater automation / integration with other business systems.
- Assist with Internal Audits and related managements actions.
- To liaise with the Financial Systems Analyst to ensure that firms Sage 200 software’s configurations align with internal controls and work towards efficient processing of transactions.
- To be involved in agreeing, formalising and documenting the processing of VAT on different Fund Manager Charges and related settings in Sage.
- To work alongside and assist the wider Finance department as it goes through different preparation stages of a major re-structuring of the Sage system planned for 2022/23.
- To assist the Investments team in adopting and using a new Document Management System (DMS) to its fullest extent and the related impact of processes through the department.
- To be a key contributor to a new planned Finance Manual that will run alongside these systems and process changes.
- To support the Banking and Treasury workload
- Any other matter that may arise from time to time.
Internal Control and Governance- Collaborate with other members of Finance in reviewing and where possible streamlining and formalising internal processes and facilitating greater automation / integration with other business systems.
- Assist with Internal Audits and related managements actions.
- To liaise with the Financial Systems Analyst to ensure that the firms Sage 200 software’s configurations align with internal controls and work towards efficient processing of transactions.
- To be involved in agreeing, formalising and documenting the processing of VAT on different Fund Manager Charges and related settings in Sage.
Project Based and Other Work- To work alongside and assist the wider Finance department as it goes through different preparation stages of a major re-structuring of the Sage system planned for 2022/23.
- To assist the Investments team in adopting and using a new Document Management System (DMS) to its fullest extent and the related impact of processes through the department.
- To be a key contributor to a new planned Finance Manual that will run alongside these systems and process changes.
- To support the Banking and Treasury workload
- Any other matter that may arise from time to time.
Your experience:
Must haves:- Part or fully Qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA.
- Strong academic record to degree level.
- An interest in investing and financial markets
- Knowledge of the MS Office Suite including Advanced Excel and Intermediate Word.
- Experience of using Sage 200 Accountancy software.
- Experience in the not for profit (Charity) sector.
- Experience in Financial Services.
- Exposure to VAT Partial Exemption Special Method (PESM) schemes.
£40,000.00 - £50,000.00 per annum
Flexible working – 3 days in the office, 2 at home
5 days a week – Monday to Friday
