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Accounts Assistant six month temp to perm - Carnegie Consulting

Carnegie ConsultingLondon🇬🇧United Kingdom

Why this role stands out

This dynamic role offers an exceptional opportunity to accelerate your career within a prestigious global investment bank, providing you with hands-on experience in a robust, high-impact finance function. You will thrive in this position if you are a detail-oriented professional who values a collaborative team culture and seeks the perfect balance of professional development and hybrid flexibility. Take the next step in your financial career and apply today to join this world-class organization.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Microsoft Excel

Job description

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

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