Balance Sheet Substantiation - 3-6m Contract - Banking
Posted 1 day ago by Mark Sattin
£375 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The role of Management Accountant focuses on balance sheet reconciliations within a large financial services firm in South West London. The position is interim, requiring specific experience in the banking sector and involves hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and supporting various finance-related processes across multiple business divisions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct regular balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all items are identifiable and cleared within a reasonable timeframe.
- Investigate and resolve outstanding transactions to maintain accurate financial records.
- Assist in managing finance queries, responding promptly and efficiently.
- Support the Management Accountants in handling finance-related processes for multiple business divisions, including tracking and reconciling key accounts.
- Prepare and post monthly journals and produce financial spreadsheets for reporting.
- Carry out month-end duties such as portfolio reporting and assisting in the compilation of financial reconciliation files.
- Reconcile general ledger (GL) transactions with internal financial systems and external data sources daily.
- Generate and oversee daily financial reports.
- Contribute to audit preparations by gathering and analysing financial data.
Key Skills:
- Qualified or Part-qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA/AAT Level 3 or equivalent or above).
- Experience of performing high volume bank reconciliations in the financial services sector / banking.
- Solid understanding of general ledger processes and reconciliations.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
- Experience in asset finance would be a plus but not requirement.
- Must be immediately available to start or under a notice period of under 2 weeks.
Salary (Rate): £375
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance