Financial Analyst contract

Randstad; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks an experienced financial accountant in London. You will prepare MIS reports, monitor accounting errors, and support ledger maintenance. Ideal candidates have a professional accounting qualification, strong analytical skills, and a minimum of 5 years of related experience. Knowledge in data analytics tools like Python and SQL is advantageous. The role offers opportunities to streamline processes and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience in financial accounting.
• Ability to learn data analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Control & Suspense MIS reports and follow up on outstanding balances.
• Monitor and clear accounting error queues in a timely manner.
• Support Ledger Maintenance function and setup business units.
• Analyze processes and gather requirements for improvements.
• Prepare and distribute daily and monthly MIS and KPI reports.

Skills

Microsoft Excel quantitative skills

Financial accounting

Strong organizational skills

Interpersonal communication

Python programming

SQL programming

VBA programming

ETL tools usage

Data visualization tools

Analytical thinking

Education

Graduate with a focus in Quantitative Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science

Full Professional accountancy qualification

Secondary school education

Tools

DataAnalze360

Dataiku

Alteryx

Power BI

MS Office

Job description

Overview

What will you do?

• Prepare key Control & Suspense MIS reports and follow up on outstanding balances to ensure these are cleared in a timely manner
• Monitor and clear sub-ledger Accounting error queue (where entries can't post to an account) in a timely manner.
• Support the Ledger Maintenance function by opening certain sub-branches, transits and accounts within the general ledger and sub-ledgers
• Support and assist with the setup of trading books, business units and customers.
• Liaise with Operations and Product Control teams to resolve issues promptly
• Prepare monthly ledger accounts Attestation summaries for accounts under ownership
• Maintain HO reporting deliverables schedule to ensure timely submissions across Finance Data Analyst
• Analyze processes, gather requirements, look for solutions to improve and see through the implementation of these solutions.
• Interpret data using careful business-grounded logic and analytics techniques to test controls, find exceptions, and discover insights and trends.
• Support the maintenance of existing or built processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline current processes
• Ensuring adequate documentation of processes and procedures are maintained
• Prepare and distribute daily and monthly MIS and KPIs reports, key account and inter-systems reconciliations including subledger to main Ledger and intergroup cash. Liaise with counterparts within Product Control and Operations (BCS) to investigate and clear breaks in a timely manner. Ensure the integrity of these reports by raising IT tickets where necessary.
• Ad hoc projects and tasks as required.

What do you need to succeed?

• Full Professional accountancy qualification
• Graduate, ideally with a focus in Quantitative Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science
• Strong Microsoft Excel quantitative, financial and analytical skills
• Experience using ETL tools such as DataAnalze360, Dataiku or Alteryx
• Good MS Office skills - Power BI, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills are essential; Python, SQL, VBA programming experience is desirable
• Ability to learn data analytics and data visualization tools
• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of or experience in the Financial Services industry

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Experience & Qualifications

• experience 5 years pqe plus
• skills financial accounting
• qualifications acca
• education secondary school