Graduate Finance Assistant

Trades Workforce Solutions; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Financial Services firm in London is seeking a Graduate Finance Assistant to join their dynamic team. The role involves data reporting, maintaining accounting records, and supporting the Finance team with various tasks. Ideal candidates are recent graduates with a strong academic background in numeracy or business, proficient in Excel and eager to pursue ACA qualifications. The position offers competitive pay, performance bonuses, and study support.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus

Daily lunch subsidy

Employer pension contribution

25-days annual leave

Medical and dental insurance

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Excellent academic background in a subject that represents numeracy, business or science.
• Ambition to pursue the ACA qualification.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide regulatory and accounting information to insurers.
• Maintain accurate accounting records for insurance pools.
• Prepare quarterly Key Performance Indicators.
• Support Finance team with ad-hoc tasks and projects.
• Training in treasury functions.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Power BI

VBA

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in numeracy, business or science

Russell Group/Red Brick University (not mandatory)

Job description

Equifind are representing a Financial Services firm based in Bank, City of London, who are looking to hire a Graduate Finance Assistant.

The firm boasts a leading position in the financial services sector globally. This is a great opportunity for a recent Graduate or an ACA Junior Finance Professional that would thrive in a broad position within a dynamic, fast-paced team.

The ideal candidate will be a dedicated and enthusiastic individual eager to grow within a highly respected financial services organisation, willing to commit to being 5-days in the office per week. The position can start immediately so the right candidate will either be immediately available to start and interview or on a very short notice period.

The Role

The key responsibilities for the Graduate Finance Assistant for the Financial Services firm based in Bank, City of London will be:

• Data reporting to insurers.Providing regulatory and accounting information to the insurers.
• Insurance pool accounting records.Ledger maintenance to ensure that proper, complete, and accurate accounting records for pools are maintained.
• KPI information.Preparation of information for the quarterly Key Performance Indicators produced for pool members under the supervision of the Pool Finance Accountant.
• Support for the Finance team.Undertaking ad-hoc tasks and projects, as required, including Excel systems development or enhancement. Tools used will be Excel, Power Query, SQL, and VBA. Developing skills to be able to support other finance department members.
• Treasury.Training in the treasury function to provide cover for the Treasury Operations Manager. This will complement the job-holder’s accountancy training and provide an insight into the operations of other teams in the finance department.

Application Criteria

• Ideally excellent academic background in a subject that represents numeracy, business or science.
• Ideally from a Russell Group/Red Brick University but not mandatory.
• Have an ambition or real desire to pursue the ACA qualification.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills – the candidate will be expected to become an advanced Excel user in the first few months of employment.
• An interest in coding as SQL is used to extract data from systems. Power BI and VBA to automate tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.

Compensation

The Graduate Finance Assistant working for this Financial Services company based in Bank, City of London, will be paid a competitive market-based salary with full study support (ACA).

• Annual performance related bonus (discretionary).
• Daily lunch subsidy.
• Employer pension contribution.
• 25-days annual leave.
• Medical and dental insurance.
• Other benefits.