Assistant Manager - Group Finance (RTR)

This position is responsible for several critical functions, in additional to supporting the Financial Reporting team with ad hoc tasks: Financial accounting & reporting • Assist with the Group consolidation, including cash flow statement, IFRS 16 and Share Based payments • Management of outsourced providers of financial information for inclusion into the consolidated financial statements • Preparation and assistance with the audit of the year end and interim Group financial statements and related shareholder materials • Preparation UK and overseas subsidiary financial statements • Working on relevant Accrual and Prepayments accounting and posting journals into month end close • Working knowledge of Credit Card statements and reconciliation including employee reimbursement processing Vendor Operations reporting • Communicating with relevant suppliers to process invoicing or payment queries • Posting invoices and credit notes and ensuring theyre coded correctly in the system • Preparing and processing supplier payments • Ensuring that all accounts payable activities comply with relevant financial policies and procedures • Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data • Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted. • Generate reports detailing accounts payables status • Manage inter-group recharges, Recharges to Funds, Cash Settlements and allocations Internal - General Use • Manage T&E claim process and ensure claims submitted inline • Supporting and delivery of external audit engagements • Building and maintaining strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders • Presenting monthly dashboards to Senior management and strive to reduce the aged invoices, settlements Fund recharges etc. Balance sheet substantiation • Review and develop efficiencies in close processes • Develop and improve controls throughout the reconciliation process to reduce risk of error by highlighting data that has failed to reconcile and develop a resolution path • Management of reconciliation process of all significant balance sheet items around Accruals, Prepayments, Credit Card Payables & Employee receivables • Implement enhanced high-level views of the close process, through auditable workflows from accounting system to spreadsheet management Annual Performance Expectations • Contribution to the finance transformation programme Key Requirements/ Qualifications: • Qualified Accountant (QBE) • PQE in either/and: Financial Reporting, IFRS financial statement preparation, Financial Regulatory Reporting • Experience in organisations: Asset Managers, PE & Venture Capital. Financial Services, Tier I Consulting/Professional Services firms