DescriptionBuild your career inUK Legal Entity Controllers while working in the worlds most innovative bank which values creativity and excellence.
You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in UK Legal Entity ControllersYou have found the right team.
As an Associate within the UK Legal Entity Controllers Controls team you will play a key role in preparing/reviewing UK GAAP financial statements for all UK Legal Entities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage financial reporting deliverables and ensure completeness timeliness and accuracy of LE accounts. Ensure integrity of monthend accruals reconciliations publishing MIS dashboards validating month end checks to ensure no breaks FX exposure management and escalate concerns to LEC and Senior stakeholders
- Ensure accounting and reporting controls are maintained and actively work to improve them. Liaise with various controls team to manage the overall control framework and reporting for monthly Governance. Plan and manage attestation for various regulatory submissions.
- Present financials to legal entity lead and provide relevant and valueadded information on entities. Contribute to reengineering and standardization of processes. Preparing and collaborating with other team members for MIS packs which are submitted to PRA/FCA
Required qualifications capabilities and skills:
- Present financials to legal entity lead and provide relevant and valueadded information on entities. Perform Monthly accruals and settlement on audit invoices and performing necessary reconciliations
- Develop operating models and policy framework through focus on specific control enhancement areas
- Participate and drive ongoing legal entity strategy and simplification initiatives
- Support business units in adapting entitys ledgers & system requirements to specific business initiatives
- Coordinate all legal entity activity with key internal experts such as tax legal etc.
- Ability to manage and take responsibility for own work producing reliable highquality outputs to an agreed timeline. Good task management skills and ability to prioritize and work to tight deadlines.
- Ability to communicate clearly and have attention to detail with the written and oral presentation skills to deliver clear messages for to the stakeholders across different functions and senior management and external parties.
Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills:
- Chartered Accountantwith 710 years of experience preferably from Accounting / Audit / Banking & finance function
- Successful candidate should have a technical accounting foundation and knowledge of audit procedures
- Committed conscientious & selfmotivated individual who can demonstrate initiative multitasking and problemsolving abilities
- Logical and analytical skills with a control focus and regard for attention to detail
- Strong appreciation for escalation and risk awareness. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work and manage a team to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and quality
- Strong communication skills to lead the forums confidently with senior stakeholders from Risk Finance and Treasury. Good experience in setting up and running successful governance forums.
- Teamwork skills Candidate must be flexible in work style and have the ability to collaborate with highperforming teams and individuals throughout the firm to accomplish common goals.
Required Experience:
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