Group Finance Associate

Location: Central London (4 days office / 1 day working from home)
Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000

Overview

Due to continued growth, our client, a leading investment management business is seeking a qualified accountant to join its Group Finance team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative finance function, offering exposure to a broad range of financial reporting and group accounting activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts using Microsoft Dynamics, including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support core financial processes, including reviewing bank reconciliations, staff expenses, corporate travel, credit card journals and other finance activities as required.
• Liaise with external payroll providers to ensure payrolls are processed accurately and on time, including preparing payroll schedules, reviewing payroll reports, posting payroll journals and maintaining monthly staff cost schedules.
• Prepare pension and Share Incentive Plan (SIP) contribution schedules.
• Reconcile payroll deductions against benefit provider statements and invoices.
• Maintain and reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts, including payroll control, pension, PAYE, payroll deductions, SIP contributions, Performance Share Plan (PSP) balances and season ticket loans.
• Review management accounts expense schedules.
• Update and reconcile balance sheet accounts across group entities, particularly those relating to expenses, accruals, prepayments and payroll.
• Prepare Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) remuneration disclosures.
• Produce employment data reporting, including FTE analysis and leavers/joiners reporting.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns for group entities.
• Assist with statutory audits and support external auditors as required.
• Provide proactive support across the wider Finance team on both planned and ad hoc projects.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified Accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent, with a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a Management Accountant or Financial Accountant role
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset with experience identifying and implementing process efficiencies.
• Flexibility to support colleagues across the Finance team.

Ref: BB192809