Operations Accountant

Axon Moore Group Ltd; Walton-le-Dale; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Axon Moore Group Ltd partners with a well-established Preston-based business to recruit an experienced Operations Accountant. The role focuses on investment operations, cash management and robust financial reporting within a controlled environment.

You will support unit-linked pricing, investment accounting, daily cash management and engagement with external partners, contributing to the audit process and enhancing controls.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong experience across investment accounting, financial reporting and operational finance.
• Ability to work in a controlled, deadline-driven environment and build relationships with internal and external partners.
• Exposure to life insurance and investment environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support investment accounting activities, ensuring transactions are accurately recorded.
• Assist daily cash management and oversight with fund managers and stakeholders.
• Contribute to statutory reporting, journals, accruals and disclosures.
• Support external audit process with documentation and evidence.
• Help maintain and enhance the financial control environment with strong process narratives.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy and quality of close processes.
• Support automation, standardisation and consistency across reporting and controls.

Skills

Investment accounting

Financial reporting

Operational finance

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Axon Moore are currently partnering with an established business in Preston to recruit an experienced Operations Accountant. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established organisation and play a key role in supporting the Group's investment operations, cash management and financial reporting activities.

This is a varied and hands-on position, working closely with internal Finance teams and key external partners. You will be responsible for supporting a range of activities including unit-linked pricing, investment accounting, daily cash management, investment managers, and third-party funding and trading arrangements.

You will also play an important role in the Group's statutory reporting, financial controls and external audit process, while identifying opportunities to improve, streamline and enhance existing processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Investment Operations & Cash Management

• Support the oversight of investment accounting activities, ensuring transactions are accurately and efficiently recorded and accounted for.
• Assist with the management and oversight of daily cash positions, working closely with Fund Managers and other key stakeholders.
• Help ensure investment operations, cash management processes and associated controls operate effectively, with issues identified and resolved promptly.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external investment partners to ensure the smooth delivery of operational activities.

Financial Reporting & External Audit

• Support the statutory financial close process, ensuring key balance sheet accounts are regularly reviewed, reconciled and supported by appropriate documentation and evidence.
• Ensure journals, accruals and financial statement disclosures are complete, accurate and delivered within agreed deadlines.
• Provide support throughout the external audit process, ensuring information and supporting documentation are provided accurately and on a timely basis.
• Support the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the financial control environment, ensuring key controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively.
• Contribute to remediation activities and maintain high-quality supporting documentation, including process narratives and control matrices.
• Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy and quality of statutory reporting, reconciliations and financial close processes.
• Support initiatives designed to increase automation, standardisation and consistency across financial reporting and control activities.

About You

You will be a qualified accountant with strong experience across investment accounting, financial reporting and operational finance. You will be comfortable working in a controlled, deadline-driven environment and confident in building effective relationships with both internal stakeholders and external partners.

You will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of stakeholders, gaining valuable exposure to the life insurance and investment environment while playing a key role in supporting the Group's financial and investment operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accountant looking to broaden their exposure, take ownership across a varied remit and make a tangible contribution to improving processes, controls and reporting capabilities within an established organisation.