UK LEC- Associate

Build your career in UK Legal Entity Controllers while working in the world’s most innovative bank which values creativity and excellence.

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in UK Legal Entity Controllers You have found the right team.

As an Associate - within the UK Legal Entity Controllers Controls team, you will play a key role in preparing/reviewing UK GAAP financial statements for all UK Legal Entities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage financial reporting deliverables and ensure completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of LE accounts. Ensure integrity of month-end accruals, reconciliations, publishing MIS dashboards, validating month end checks to ensure no breaks, FX exposure management and escalate concerns to LEC and Senior stakeholders
• Ensure accounting and reporting controls are maintained and actively work to improve them. Liaise with various controls team to manage the overall control framework and reporting for monthly Governance. Plan and manage attestation for various regulatory submissions.
• Present financials to legal entity lead and provide relevant and value-added information on entities. Contribute to re-engineering and standardization of processes. Preparing and collaborating with other team members for MIS packs which are submitted to PRA/FCA

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills: 

• Present financials to legal entity lead and provide relevant and value-added information on entities. Perform Monthly accruals and settlement on audit invoices and performing necessary reconciliations
• Develop operating models and policy framework through focus on specific control enhancement areas
• Participate and drive on-going legal entity strategy and simplification initiatives
• Support business units in adapting entity’s ledgers & system requirements to specific business initiatives
• Co-ordinate all legal entity activity with key internal experts such as tax, legal etc.
• Ability to manage and take responsibility for own work, producing reliable, high-quality outputs to an agreed timeline. Good task management skills and ability to prioritize and work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly and have attention to detail, with the written and oral presentation skills to deliver clear messages for to the stakeholders across different functions and senior management and external parties. 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills: 

• Chartered Accountant with 7-10 years of experience preferably from Accounting / Audit / Banking & finance function
• Successful candidate should have a technical accounting foundation and knowledge of audit procedures
• Committed, conscientious & self-motivated individual who can demonstrate initiative, multi-tasking and problem-solving abilities
• Logical and analytical skills with a control focus and regard for attention to detail
• Strong appreciation for escalation and risk awareness. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work and manage a team to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and quality
• Strong communication skills to lead the forums confidently with senior stakeholders from Risk, Finance and Treasury. Good experience in setting up and running successful governance forums.
• Teamwork skills - Candidate must be flexible in work style and have the ability to collaborate with high-performing teams and individuals throughout the firm to accomplish common goals.