Finance Manager
Posted Today by Halliday Marx
£85,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Manager role involves overseeing financial reporting and management accounts within a well-established investment firm. The position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders and entails responsibilities such as maintaining accurate financial records and supporting regulatory reporting. The ideal candidate will be ACA/CA qualified with 3-5 years of post-qualification experience, preferably from a Big 4 background. The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential for permanent placement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the preparation of quarterly financial reporting and management accounts
- Assist with book-keeping of all general ledger transactions in the Xero accounting system
- Prepare journals, accruals, and prepayments and run a strong quarter-end close process
- Maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations
- Assist with the preparation/review of year-end financial statements
- Work efficiently with external auditors during annual audits to swiftly clear down audit requests
- Assist with cash flow monitoring and ensure appropriate liquidity levels are maintained
- Support with preparation of regulatory reporting across all jurisdictions (FCA, DFSA, CCAF or similar)
- Involvement in capital adequacy monitoring
- Assistance in the preparation of or review of VAT returns
- Drive process improvements and assist with building a robust internal control environment
- Provide ad-hoc financial analysis as requested by stakeholders across the business
- Collaborate with investment, operations, and compliance teams as required
- Assist with training and coaching junior team members in order to share workload and grow experience within the team
Key Skills:
- ACA / CA qualified and 3-5 years PQE (Big 4 preferable but open to top 10)
- Audit or Business services experience
- Experience in either industry or financial services
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management
- Available to start within 2 weeks (essential)
Salary (Rate): £85,000.00/year
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Finance Manager 80k-85k 12 months FTC to perm London (4 days in the office, 1 from home) Must start within 2 weeks Halliday Marx have partnered with a well-established investment firm with a strong reputation in the market, operating across multiple asset classes and jurisdictions. The business has a collaborative, high-performing finance team and offers exposure to senior stakeholders and complex financial reporting.
Responsibilities
- Support the preparation of quarterly financial reporting and management accounts
- Assist with book-keeping of all general ledger transactions in our Xero accounting system
- Prepare journals, accruals, and prepayments and run a strong quarter-end close process
- Maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations
- Assist with the preparation/review of year-end financial statements
- Work efficiently with external auditors during annual audits to swiftly clear down audit requests
- Assist with cash flow monitoring and ensure appropriate liquidity levels are maintained
- Support with preparation of regulatory reporting across all jurisdictions (FCA, DFSA, CCAF or similar)
- Involvement in capital adequacy monitoring
- Assistance in the preparation of or review of VAT returns
- Drive process improvements and assist with building a robust internal control environment
- Provide ad-hoc financial analysis as requested by stakeholders across the business
- Collaborate with investment, operations, and compliance teams as required
- Assist with training and coaching junior team members in order to share workload and grow experience within the team.
Requirements
- ACA / CA qualified and 3-5 years PQE (Big 4 preferable but open to top 10)
- Audit or Business services is fine
- Experience in either industry or financial services
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management
- Available to start within 2 weeks (essential)