Investment Trust Accountant

Hays PLC; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in asset management is seeking a qualified accountant to join their team as an Investment Trust Accountant. This exciting role involves preparing financial reports, liaising with auditors, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The successful candidate will enjoy a diverse and rewarding working environment, focusing on client relationships and investment strategies. With a generous salary and a range of benefits, including hybrid working options and extensive career development opportunities, this position is perfect for those looking to advance their careers in a dynamic field.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Private Dental Care

Eye Care Reimbursement

Generous Annual Leave

Pension

Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Flexible Benefits

Employee Volunteering

Gift Matching

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with experience in Investment Trust accounting practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for client-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual and interim accounts ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Liaise with auditors and prepare financial-related board papers.
• Review month-end reconciliations and calculate monthly net asset values.

Skills

Investment Trust Accounting

Financial Reporting

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Blueprint

Job description

Investment Trust Accountant for a global asset management business based in Edinburgh

Your new company

Our client, a leading global asset management business, has an exciting job opportunity for a qualified accountant to join them as Investment Trust accountant to support it's range of Investment Trusts.

Your new role

Working closely with the Investment Trust Company Secretaries with a particular focus on the Financial Reporting aspects (Revenue Forecasts, Budgets etc), for the Investment Trusts assigned to you, you will be responsible for the preparation of the Interim and Year end Accounts and financial-related board papers and liaison with their auditors.

Duties will include:

• Prepare annual and interim accounts, incorporating all current accounting standards and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory and legislative issues.
• Review month-end reconciliations and controls and calculate monthly net asset values for submission within reporting deadlines. Ensure monthly net asset value schedules are circulated to fund managers and company secretaries.
• Prepare board papers, specifically schedules of portfolio information, transactions, liquidity and revenue forecasts and collate all schedules prepared by the company secretary and the investment managers.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with other service providers of the investment trusts (e.g. auditors, lawyers, registrars).
• Ensure client administration requirements are met in accordance with management and secretarial agreements.
• Understand and monitor client investment objectives, guidelines, relevant regulations and compliance issues.
• Liaise with tax advisers to ensure timely preparation of annual tax computations and perform a detailed review of computations prior to submission to the HMRC.
• Prepare any required statutory returns, including VAT returns.
• Ensure statutory information is maintained on Blueprint and ensure this information is up to date and accurate.
• Attendance at Audit Committees and Board meetings as appropriate.
• Keep up to date on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the trusts and allocated technical areas.

What you'll need to succeed

The ideal candidate will be a Qualified Accountant with strong interpersonal and communication skills (as the role will be client-facing) and ideally would possess experience of Investment Trust accounting practices and their governance.
Direct experience of Investment Company financial reporting and presenting at Investment Trust Board and Audit Committee meetings would be advantageous but not essential.
What you'll get in return

A people-based business focussed on diversity, equality and inclusion
A global market leader offering unrivalled scope for career progression and development
An interesting and diverse role with access to a broad array of investment strategies, and the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements
A generous salary of up to £70,000 + benefits
Private healthcare
Private dental care
Eye care reimbursement
Generous annual leave entitlement with the option to buy or sell additional days.
Pension
Life assurance and group income protection
An extensive list of flexible benefits
Hybrid working
A modern city centre office
Employee volunteering and gift matching

What you need to do now

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