Interim Senior Accountant

ACA / ACCA Qualified with 3 years PQE within a multi entity Fin Services firm
£450-£500 p/day inside IR35 – 4 Days in City Office
9 Month role
Senior Accountant | Renewable Energy & Infrastructure | £450 – £500 p/day Inside IR35 | 9 month Maternity Cover | The City | 4 Days in the office

A leading Investment Manager with over £10bn in assets are looking to welcome a Financial Accountant to their team. The business is going through a financial transformation, and they are looking for someone who can join and raise the bar, as the business will hit key milestones soon. The purpose of this role is to ensure the key commercial drivers are being hit within the Fund. You will be responsible for liaising with and reviewing Fund Administrators work, and then building upon their inputs to enable management to drive growth of the assets, fund and business.

Duties:

Preparation/review of statutory holding company accounts under FRS 102, including posting of general ledger data, and preparation of underlying workings and support
Preparation of management accounts for 50 entities in the group, such as for for dividend payments
Posting/management of general ledger data for holding companies
Balance sheet reconciliations for holding companies
Management of audit process on holding company audits
Financial management of unlisted funds where the accounts are prepared by external service providers
Liaising with finance managers, and where appropriate third-party service providers, such as confirmation around project distributions
Providing support for the preparation of quarterly reporting packs for the Board of Directors
Working with the FC and Finance Systems Manager to ensure the GL, payments systems and reporting tools are optimised.
Manage relationships with external accounting service providers

Project work

Support onboarding of new funds that fall within Core Infrastructure (new bank account setup, onboard of service providers, implementation of distribution process, implementation of key reporting outputs etc.)
Support the ongoing Finance change program as required. In particular, drive further utilisation, process improvements and automation around the Netsuite general ledger system, such as build out of reporting suite using Power BI.
Analysis of intercompany loan schedules in group and ensuring documentation completeness
Maintain loan schedules to ensure principal and interest amounts are kept accurate and up to date

Your Skills & Qualifications:

Be fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with 2-3 years PQE
3 Years similar experience within a Fund / Asset Management multi entity Group
Fund Accounting experience in-house
Have the ability to build good relationships and partner with people
Be able to multi-task and not get put off by an evolving priority list
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