Assistant Financial Accountant

SS&C Technologies Holdings; Basildon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational technology firm based in Basildon is seeking an Assistant Financial Accountant. This role involves reporting to the Head of Accounting and handling various general ledger related tasks, including month-end accruals, asset accounting, and account reconciliation. Candidates should be proficient in Excel and possess strong general accounting knowledge. An interest in financial technology is essential. This position offers the chance to grow within a diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience and confidence using Excel including pivot tables.
• Strong general accounting knowledge - double entry, accruals, fixed assets.
• Experience of analysing large volumes of data.

Responsibilities

• Month end accruals & prepayments.
• Assist with fixed assets accounting, including additions and disposals.
• Analysing large volumes of transactions for variance and trend reporting.
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet and control accounts.
• Liaise with colleagues to address miscoding’s or issues.
• Assisting with PWC audit queries.

Skills

Excel proficiency including pivot tables

Strong general accounting knowledge

Data analysis skills

Balance sheet account reconciliation experience

Education

AAT, ACCA, CIMA or Degree qualifications

Tools

Workday GL

Job description

Job Description

SS&C Technologies seek an Assistant Financial Accountant. This role will report to the Head of Accounting and undertake general ledger accounting and analysis activities across multiple legal entities.

This is a unique opportunity to blend financial industry knowledge with technology skills, in a vibrant, international work environment. You get to tap into the knowledge of leading financial institutions as well as our experienced team, to learn and develop skills that will ultimately help you progress your career and grow a solid network within the fin-tech industry.

About SS&C Technologies

SS&C Wealth & Investment Technologies is a leading provider of award-winning technology and services for the investment management industry worldwide. Our 5000+ clients across 50+ countries include asset managers, wealth managers, family offices, alternative investment managers, fund administrators, brokers, banks, and insurance.

Our solutions streamline their processes for portfolio management, trading and order management, compliance, accounting, performance analytics, reporting and more.

Your Responsibilities

• Month end accruals & prepayments
• Assist with fixed assets accounting, including additions and disposals
• Analysing large volumes of transactions for variance and trend reporting
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet and control accounts, and resolution of outstanding variances
• Uploading balance sheet account reconciliations into the Cadency SOX tool in accordance with monthly deadlines
• Liaise with colleagues to address miscoding’s or other issues identified, to improve underlying processing
• Assisting with PWC audit queries
• To communicate and promote the values which reinforce and support a consistent quality culture.

Your Experience

• Experience and confidence using Excel including pivot tables
• Strong general accounting knowledge - double entry, accruals, fixed assets
• Experience of analysing large volumes of data
• Experience of balance sheet account reconciliation, and control
• Previous experience of using Workday GL is preferable
• AAT, ACCA, CIMA or Degree qualifications desirable but not essential for this position.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under‑represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a diverse workforce in the widest sense.