Financial Accountant

Systematica Investments Limited; Saint Helier; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Systematica Investments Limited, Jersey-based hedge fund manager, is seeking a proactive Financial Accountant to join its Corporate Finance team on a permanent basis.

You will own month-end reporting, statutory accounts, regulatory submissions and treasury duties across multiple entities and currencies, with ownership from data to completion. The role requires strong technical accounting, multi-entity experience and collaboration with Finance, Legal and Compliance to ensure accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge and financial reporting experience.
• Experience within financial services, asset management, audit or another complex multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts and supporting external audits.
• Strong understanding of balance sheet accounting, accruals, prepayments, intercompany accounting and foreign-currency transactions.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse, reconcile and interpret financial data.
• Experience using ERP or finance systems. Exposure to SAP would be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate issues independently.
• Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of monthly close activities for assigned entities, including journals, balance sheet reconciliations and reviews of financial results.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly and Group reporting, including management information and recurring finance reports.
• Investigate significant movements and variances.
• Help improve reporting processes through data visualisation and automation tools.
• Prepare and support regulatory submissions across jurisdictions including Jersey, the UK, Switzerland and Singapore.
• Maintain supporting schedules and reconciliations to ensure submissions are accurate, complete and delivered on time.
• Work with Finance, Legal and Compliance to understand and implement changes to regulatory reporting requirements.
• Prepare statutory financial statements and supporting schedules for entities across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support Group consolidation and the preparation of year-end reporting adjustments.
• Coordinate audit requests, prepare supporting documentation and liaise directly with external auditors.
• Investigate and resolve audit queries and outstanding matters promptly.
• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, payroll accounting and cash-management processes.
• Prepare and review bank, cash and other key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support payment processes across multiple entities, currencies and banking platforms.
• Maintain accurate intercompany balances and resolve reconciling items.
• Ensure finance processes comply with established controls, approval requirements and internal policies.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Prepare supporting schedules and analyse actual results against budgets and forecasts.
• Investigate significant variances and provide clear explanations to relevant stakeholders.
• Support the implementation and enhancement of finance systems, workflows and reporting solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate finance processes.
• Document and maintain key finance processes and controls.
• Contribute to projects including new entity implementation, banking initiatives, system changes and process improvements.

Skills

Technical accounting

Financial reporting

Excel skills

Intercompany accounting

Multi-currency environment

ERP systems

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

SAP

Job description

Systematica is a Jersey-based hedge fund manager with US$13 billion in assets under management across a diversified range of trading strategies. We employ more than 140 colleagues across Jersey, Geneva, London, Singapore, New York, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi.

The Role

• We are looking for a proactive and technically strong Financial Accountant to join our Corporate Finance team in Jersey on a permanent basis.
• This is a broad, hands-on position covering month-end reporting, statutory accounts, audit, regulatory reporting, treasury and day-to-day finance activities across the Group.
• The successful candidate will be comfortable working across different areas of finance, investigating issues independently and taking ownership of responsibilities through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

Monthly Reporting and Analysis

• Take ownership of monthly close activities for assigned entities, including journals, balance sheet reconciliations and reviews of financial results.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly and Group reporting, including management information and recurring finance reports.
• Investigate significant movements and variances.
• Help improve reporting processes through data visualisation and automation tools.

Regulatory and Compliance Reporting

• Prepare and support regulatory submissions across jurisdictions including Jersey, the UK, Switzerland and Singapore.
• Maintain supporting schedules and reconciliations to ensure submissions are accurate, complete and delivered on time.
• Work with Finance, Legal and Compliance to understand and implement changes to regulatory reporting requirements.

Financial Statements and Audit

• Prepare statutory financial statements and supporting schedules for entities across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support Group consolidation and the preparation of year-end reporting adjustments.
• Coordinate audit requests, prepare supporting documentation and liaise directly with external auditors.
• Investigate and resolve audit queries and outstanding matters promptly.

Finance Operations

• Support accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, payroll accounting and cash-management processes.
• Prepare and review bank, cash and other key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support payment processes across multiple entities, currencies and banking platforms.
• Maintain accurate intercompany balances and resolve reconciling items.
• Ensure finance processes comply with established controls, approval requirements and internal policies.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Prepare supporting schedules and analyse actual results against budgets and forecasts.
• Investigate significant variances and provide clear explanations to relevant stakeholders.

Systems and Process Improvement

• Support the implementation and enhancement of finance systems, workflows and reporting solutions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate finance processes.
• Support the implementation and enhancement of finance systems, workflows and reporting solutions.
• Document and maintain key finance processes and controls.
• Contribute to projects including new entity implementation, banking initiatives, system changes and process improvements.

Experience and Skills

• Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge and financial reporting experience.
• Experience within financial services, asset management, audit or another complex multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Experience preparing statutory accounts and supporting external audits.
• Strong understanding of balance sheet accounting, accruals, prepayments, intercompany accounting and foreign-currency transactions.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse, reconcile and interpret financial data.
• Experience using ERP or finance systems. Exposure to SAP would be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate issues independently.
• Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent.
• Part-qualified or newly qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.

What We Offer

• Broad exposure to a global investment management business.
• Experience across statutory reporting, regulatory reporting, treasury, financial control and process improvement.
• A collaborative and growth-focused working environment.
• Opportunities to improve processes within a high-performing, technology-driven finance team.

Location and Right to Work

This is a Jersey-based position. Applicants must currently be based in Jersey and already hold the appropriate Jersey residential and employment status to work without sponsorship.