Assistant Corporate Accountant Fund Services

Purpose of the Role 

The Assistant Corporate Accountant would work as part of a team who are responsible for the planning and preparation of financial reports for a portfolio of entities ensuring reporting deadlines are met and the delivery of client accounting requirements follow Ocorians contractual obligations.

Main Responsibilities

Core Accounting

• Day-to-day bookkeeping (to include but not limited to) expenses VAT accruals prepayments loan interest calculations investment and investor transactions such as movement in valuations provided by the client / Investment Manager.
• Assisting in the preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts comprising Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement of Financial Position Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows in accordance with individual entity  requirements.
• Assisting in the preparation of annual financial statements including responding to audit queries.
• Work with the Corporate Accountants and Managers to ensure that regulatory and statutory reporting requirements are met and that current accounting standards (UK GAAP or IFRS) and best practice principles are applied to the accounts production process and kept current as such standards and principles develop.

Stakeholder Management

• Work with the Corporate Accountants and Managers to develop an understanding of clients including the nature of their transactions and reporting requirements and help maintain the client relationship.

• Maintain a process to ensure the timely delivery of client accounting requirements in relation to financial reports and accounts.
• Liaise with clients auditors and other professional advisers to ensure that timetables for the production of accounts are adhered to.

Other Duties

• Ensure Ocorians policies and procedures are used and adhered to within the accounts team and contribute to the continuing development of those policies and procedures.
• Any other such duties that might be reasonably required for this role.

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Qualifications :

Knowledge Skills & Experience

The role would suit a part-qualified accountant (minimum halfway towards qualification) with:

• A good grounding in accounting skills eg from an Accounting or Finance related degree and relevant experience.
• Good presentational written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Organisational and planning skills including managing expectations and determining that which is important versus that which is urgent.
• Solid Excel Word and general IT skills.
• Professionalism and ability to win the respect of clients.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to interact with colleagues at all levels.
• The drive to make continuous improvements.
• Flexibility to adapt as the role develops.

Additional Information :

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful.  These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC Clients are at the centre of our world and were committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS We aim high. We think and act globally seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE With a curious mindset we ask the right questions to get to the right solution for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

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Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.

information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time