AVP Financial Reporting

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Vice President Financial Reporting and Control to join a highly respected financial institution in London. This role offers you the chance to play a pivotal part in supporting the Financial Control team, ensuring that all reporting is conducted to the highest possible standard while fostering an environment of continuous improvement.

What you'll do:

• Assist with month-end close processes by preparing monthly journals for both legal entities and consolidation, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all submissions.
• Help prepare subsidiary entity annual financial statements and liaise effectively with auditors during year-end and interim audits, maintaining open communication throughout.
• Implement process improvements across all reporting and internal control procedures, contributing ideas that enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Support the preparation of regulatory returns as well as other statistical returns such as ONS, BEA, Swiss survey, and US survey, ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
• Maintain detailed procedure documents to guarantee consistency and accuracy in all financial operations.
• Provide operational support by preparing bank reconciliations and related journal postings into Oracle, facilitating smooth transaction flows.
• Assist with tax-related matters including VAT (US and Swiss) and US sales tax returns, partnering closely with external advisors for expert guidance.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts according to accounts ownership listing on a monthly basis, identifying discrepancies promptly for resolution.
• Raise intercompany invoices for settlement while understanding balances in intercompany clearing accounts ready for intercompany settlement.
• Conduct P&L analysis for subsidiaries and coordinate year-end audit activities to ensure thoroughness and transparency.

What you bring:

• Professional qualifications including ACA/ACCA/CIMA (newly qualified), ideally trained within practice or possessing significant Financial Accounting experience from large institutions.
• Extensive background in statutory financial reporting as well as management accounts gained either through practice or within large financial services organisations.
• Degree-level education in Financial Accounting or related discipline.

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