Financial Analyst - contract

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

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a candidate to develop core accounting and data analysis skills. Responsibilities include preparing MIS reports, analyzing processes for improvements, and supporting ledger maintenance. Ideal applicants will have a professional accountancy qualification and skills in Microsoft Excel and ETL tools. Located in Greater London, this position offers growth opportunities within the financial services sector, ensuring a robust understanding of capital markets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years post-qualification experience in accounting.
• Strong analytical skills with data analytics tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare key Control & Suspense MIS reports and manage outstanding balances.
• Analyze processes and implement solutions for improvement.
• Prepare daily and monthly reports, ensuring accuracy.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

ETL tools (DataAnalyze360, Dataiku, Alteryx)

Python

SQL

VBA

Power BI

Organizational skills

Interpersonal communication

Education

Full Professional accountancy qualification

Graduate focusing in Quantitative Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science

Secondary school

Tools

MS Office (Word, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

This role presents an ideal opportunity to develop a wide range of core accounting, reporting, control and process improvement skills as well as develop a key overall understanding of the Capital Markets businesses and how each operates within the legal entity framework.

What will you do?

Ledger Maintenance

• 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

Additional Requirements

• experience: 4 years pqe plus
• skills: ifrs
• qualifications: acca
• education: secondary school