Financial Controller

MERJE are delighted to be partnered with an Investment Banking Client in their search for a 6 month Interim Technical Accountant.

Your new role:

• Providing support to the Financial Control & Governance - Senior Manager in the preparation of statutory accounts and interim accounts
• Prepare statutory accounts for all Group subsidiary companies and entities outside of Group as required
• Undertaking IFRS 9 classification assessments for all financial assets and liabilities for reporting and disclosure purposes, supported by documented evidence
• Providing support to the Financial Control & Governance - Senior Manager in ensuring that the Group's accounting policies are fully documented and updated for any new policies or changes to existing policies
• Undertaking review and reconciliation of IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss outputs and ensuring that appropriate and compliant disclosures are made in the statutory accounts
• Undertaking calculation and reconciliation of Enterprise Capital Fund portfolio model outputs and ensuring that appropriate and compliant disclosures are made in the statutory accounts Identification and delivery of change to strengthen controls; encourage a culture of continuous improvement
• Provide cover for various maintenance and reporting functions within the FC&G team as needed
• Providing support to the Financial Control & Governance - Senior Manager in managing the audit of the Group and its subsidiaries
• Providing support to the Financial Control & Governance - Senior Manager in managing the tax matters of the Group and its subsidiaries

Essential

• Strong technical accounting background
• Professional accounting qualifications (ACA/ACCA)
• Current understanding of IFRS
• Experience in the production of consolidated financial statements
• Experience in a banking finance function
• Experience of IFRS 9 accounting including Expected Credit Losses and Investment Classifications

Applicants must be located and eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Please note, should feedback not be received within 28 days, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. In applying for this role, you may be registered on our database so we can contact you about suitable opportunities in future. Your data will be managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. If you would like this job advertisement in an alternative format, please contact MERJE directly.