Newly Qualified Accountant - Finance, Infracapital

M&G; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking an Associate to join the finance team. The role involves managing financial statements, coordinating with auditors, and preparing tax returns. Candidates should be qualified chartered accountants with strong financial reporting experience, excellent communication skills, and a keen eye for detail. This position offers competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Pension scheme of 18%

38 days annual leave

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Newly qualified chartered accountant with experience in financial reporting.
• Strong work ethic and comfortable under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Able to build and maintain relationships in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and review management accounts and financial statements.
• Liaise with auditors and handle queries/issues.
• Coordinate tax returns preparation with tax advisors.

Skills

Chartered Accountant

Financial Reporting

Communication Skills

Microsoft Office

Attention to Detail

Education

Qualified Chartered Accountant

Job description

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long‑term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for an Associate to join the Infracapital finance team within M&G Investments. This role is to oversee and review the management accounts, annual reports for the investee entities and other ad‑hoc finance work.

Key Work Level Accountabilities

Experienced Colleague

• Accountable for providing a quality service or product to customers and stakeholders, using skills/experience built through significant practical experience or training
• For team leaders, accountable for ensuring the team the role supports is delivering a quality service or product
• Works within established frameworks and procedures, with the freedom to interpret them to solve a range of problems
• Delivers outputs that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them
• Makes suggestions for improvements to the work of the team, based on previous experience and knowledge of similar situations

Key Responsibilities for this role

• Reviewing of management accounts and financial statements of investee entities
• Liaising with auditors and deal with their queries/issues to the extent TPAs are unable to (including managing audit timetable and relationship with auditors).
• Investee companies - Manage drawdowns and distributions with Investee companies and the TPA.
• Coordinating and review the preparation of the tax returns for the investee entities with the tax advisor.
• Reviewing the coding and authorisation of business unit and Funds’ expenses.
• Reviewing consolidated trial balances for the Infracapital funds prepared by the TPA. Ensure these meet disclosure and timing requirements for group submission.
• Responding to investor queries relating to finance matters.
• Ad‑hoc departmental tasks
• To work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment, customers outcomes and a reduction in M&G’s operational risk.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience

We are looking for a newly qualified chartered accountant in a financial reporting environment. You will have a strong work ethic and comfortable working under pressure to tight deadlines, high level of accuracy and attention to detail, be flexible, proactive and able to work using initiative, possess good written and verbal communication skills. You will be keen to build and maintain good relationships in a team environment and with wider business, computer literate in Microsoft Office and Outlook, conscientious, organised and can prioritise workload, be willing to learn and develop within the role.

Work Level: Experienced Colleague

Recruiter Name: Natalie Renn

What we offer

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee‑led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long‑term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro‑divergent conditions.

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: [e-mail]