Accounts Assistant Six month Temp to Perm
UK Brokerage Subsidiary of a Global Investment Bank
Our client, based in London is the FCA authorised UK brokerage subsidiary of a global investment bank.
The Accounts Assistant will support the finance function with its day-to-day and monthly activities and operations. The role carries out a range of essential tasks designed to ensure the finance function remains robust, compliant and scalable, while maintaining a strong control mindset at all times.
Responsibilities
Settlement & Reconciliation
- Process daily securities settlements, including payment instructions, system updates, and liaison with counterparties and payment institutions
- Input and maintain settlement instructions within internal accounting and settlement systems
- Perform daily reconciliations between cash and securities positions and the accounting system, investigating and resolving discrepancies as they arise
Filing & Documentation
- Maintain accurate and complete filing of accounting vouchers together with supporting evidential documentation for expenses
Finance & Payments
- Prepare monthly credit card expense reports, reconciling statements against supporting receipts
- Prepare monthly petty cash reports
- Review invoices and vouchers for accuracy and completeness prior to processing
- Record petty cash and credit card expense reports accurately within internal finance systems and logs
- Prepare monthly expense reports and payment summary reports
- Process payment instructions within internal systems, ensuring appropriate internal (Head Office) authorisation is obtained for payments above delegated authority thresholds
- Support monthly FX processing and related bank transfers
- Ensure accurate processing and booking of payments within internal finance systems and records
- Support the preparation of quarterly VAT returns
- Issue invoices as requested
Senior Management Reporting
- Prepare the daily P&L report sent to the CEO
- Prepare the SBL trade summary report sent to the CEO
Audit & Administration
- Assist with the annual external audit process, including the preparation of supporting schedules and responses to auditor queries
- Assist with general office administration tasks as required
Required Experience
- A background in accounting and finance, gained through relevant work experience and ideally within the accounts payable function of a financial services firm
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong written communication skills, with regular interaction expected with the Head of Finance, COO and CEO
- A strong analytical mindset, numerically sound and comfortable working independently
- A strong ability to prioritise workload effectively, escalating issues appropriately where required
- Experience using expense management and accounts payable systems/software
- Could be someone with a desire to work towards a professional accounting qualification
- An interest in AI and automation, with a mindset geared towards making processes more efficient and scalable
