Finance Manager

LGBT Great; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial firm in Greater London seeks a qualified accountant to join their Finance Team. Responsibilities include preparing monthly management accounts and statutory annual accounts, liaising with external auditors, and maintaining financial controls. The ideal candidate will have ACA/CA qualification, at least 2 years of post-qualification experience, and familiarity with systems like SUN and Power BI. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to financial projects and improve processes within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years post-qualification experience in finance.
• Experience liaising with external auditors and managing compliance.
• Ability to prepare annual accounts for group companies.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management accounts and financial statements.
• Assist with year-end audits and maintain financial compliance.
• Involvement in budget setting and regulatory submissions.

Skills

Management accounting

Month-end accounting

Financial controls

Audit experience

Education

ACA/CA qualified

Tools

SUN

Power BI

Job description

Working as a key member of the Finance Team at Aspect, you will be responsible for the production of monthly management accounts and the annual financial statements, preparation of foreign subsidiary reconciliations, responsible for the accounts payable department and accounting for revenue and maintenance of the Sun general ledger. The role will also involve taking responsibility for maintaining and implementing appropriate controls and other various finance related value add projects.

This is a well established and successful team; that said, we are open to new ideas and are looking for someone who is innovative and will challenge our processes and procedures making them more efficient whilst not compromising the high standards our clients expect of us.

Job Requirements

• ACA/CA qualified
• At least 2 years PQE, ideally with a mix of audit and in house experience
• Previous experience owning month-end and management accounting
• Experience of using SUN and Power BI (preferred, not essential)

• Preparation and production of monthly management accounts and supporting schedules within set deadlines;

Job Responsibilities

• Preparation of statutory annual accounts for group companies;
• Liaise with external auditors and assist with year-end process, preparing information for external audits. Ensure that all accounts payable and accounting functions comply with financial controls and regulatory requirements;
• Involvement in setting annual operating expenditure and payroll budgets;
• Assist with annual ICARA financial submission to the FCA (stress testing/financial modelling)
• Assisting in the preparation of regulatory returns (FCA) for supervising authorities for all group companies;
• Review of payroll and deferred bonus staff schemes
• Various tax responsibilities including VAT, tax compliance, P11Ds;
• Maintenance of SUN general ledger;
• Prepare and review elements of the Executive Board Finance Pack;
• Assistance around managing share equity register including review of internal staff share dealing days; and
• Maintaining and implementing appropriate controls, ensuring the policies and procedures meet regulatory standards.