Controllers, Legal Entity Controller, Associate, London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
YOUR IMPACT
A Legal Entity Controller within the Financial Reporting department will be responsible for several different legal entities. This will involve complete ownership of the entity from journal posting through to the preparation of the annual financial statements.
Responsibilities
* Preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts, and quarterly reporting to the US, under US GAAP.
* Preparation, review and analysis of reporting to the Federal Reserve Board.
* Preparation and review of financial statements under UK GAAP including liaison with auditors.
* Preparation of board reports.
* Preparation and explanation of monthly P&L estimates to the trading Desk and coordination with Product Control.
* Coordination with the US and UK tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns.
* Understanding the business and keeping up-to-speed with business developments and being able to communicate this effectively to team members.
* Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value-added work.
* Involvement in a broad range of department–wide projects and initiatives as well as cross-departmental initiatives.
Skills and experience
* Qualified accountant – ACA (qualified up to 2 to 4 years PQE experience).
* Accounting knowledge gained from either a previous audit or accounting role.
* Preparation of audited financial statements under UK GAAP or IFRS an advantage.
* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
* Strong communication skills given third party reporting vendor interactions.
* Willing to work in a highly driven team environment.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Highly motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills.
* Speaking a European language is an advantage.
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