Trainee Regulatory Reporting Accountant
Trainee|London|Others
Trainee Regulatory Reporting Accountant
1. London, United Kingdom
2. Trainee
3. Others
Responsibilities
SG Kleinwort Hambros has more than 200 years of experience helping individuals, families, entrepreneurs, trusts and charities to manage their wealth. From expert wealth planning advice and investment strategies to specialist lending products, we provide the personal approach clients would expect from a modern and responsible private bank.
About the team:
SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank UK Ltd performs regulatory reporting on a UK Consolidated level for the Group. This level of reporting incorporates the UK bank, Channel Islands & Gibraltar branches as well as the SG Kleinwort Hambros Group Holding company. Additionally, the SGKH UK also performs solo reporting for the UK Bank on its own.
This role is within the Regulatory Reporting team which produces this reporting and forms part of the Kleinwort Hambros Finance (DFIN) department. The team is split into two areas which focus on Run-the-bank (RTB) Production and Change-the-bank (CTB) Projects/Changes.
This role will be a Trainee / Analyst role and will predominantly focus on RTB and be involved in the Production side of the regulatory reporting. The role will involve Production and review of daily, monthly and quarterly reporting to the Bank of England (BOE), assistance in production of periodic reporting to the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC), Jersey and Guernsey Financial Services Commission (JFSC & GFSC), parent bank Societe Generale and internal Kleinwort Hambros management.
Summary of Key Purposes of the Role:
4. Working as part of a team of regulatory accountants alongside the Head of Regulatory Reporting (Production). The role will assist in the production of the of Daily, Monthly and Quarterly reporting to the BOE, PRA/FCA, GFSC, JFSC, Societe Generale and internal Kleinwort Hambros management. This role will provide the first line of review and ensure the reporting is completed accurately and on a timely basis.
5. Pro-actively seeking improvements in all areas and implementing these efficiencies.
6. The role will be actively involved with other team functions, engaging in business liaison discussions and various ongoing Regulatory projects. Provide pro-active and positive support to the Regulatory team and other areas within the bank during a challenging ongoing period of Regulatory change.
Responsibilities:
7. Assist the Production of and first line of review of quarterly/monthly reporting. This may include COREP, Large Exposures, LCR and NSFR, Leverage Ratio and Credit Risk
8. Production and first line of review of monthly, quarterly and annual Bank of England statistical reporting which may include BT, ELS, GT, AD, AL, BE, CC, CL, FI, FO, PL and C1
9. Liaising with Banking Operations and Treasury as part of the analysis of the reporting and follow up to ensure accurate recording and coding of data for Financial Control
10. Produce the Daily Monitoring (Large Exposures & LCR), analysis and commentary.
11. Provide cover across regulatory returns when staff are absent or working on projects.
12. Ensure all the necessary control checks set up by the Manager & Head of Regulatory Reporting are performed.
13. Assist in Reconciliations to appropriate independent sources to control accuracy of reporting.
Profile required
Work Experience
14. Must have had some experience in an office or corporate environment.
15. Must be able to demonstrate they can pick up instructions quickly.
16. Must be able to demonstrate they can manage financial calculations and ratios.
17. Must be able to demonstrate they have used large amounts of data for analytical purposes.
Education
18. Degree level education or equivalent vocational qualification (Required);
19. Part Qualified or working towards a Professional Qualification such as ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent (Desired)
20. Accounting qualification / experience will be advantageous (Desirable)
21. Educated in UK or English is main language (Desirable)
Technical skills
22. Excellent systems skills particularly Microsoft Excel and web-based applications. Must be able to demonstrate their knowledge in this area to a reasonable standard.
23. High degree of numeracy skills
24. Analytical Thinking
25. Flexible approach and adaptability to work
26. Time management with high level of accuracy
27. Confident dealing with people from various levels of seniority
28. Some understanding of double entry accounting or basic accounting understanding
29. Some understanding via research conducted online or via an extracurricular activity on regulatory reporting standards and industry reporting requirements would be an advantage. This could be items like Liquidity, Capital, Market Risk, Large Exposures or Credit Risk.
30. Some understanding via either experience or training of business processes, standards, policies and procedures with a keen desire to apply internal controls.
31. High level of communication skills and ability to prepare, present and escalate information to stakeholders both Oral & Written.
32. Professionalism & Enterprise
33. Team Spirit & Collaboration
34. Reliability and Deadline focussed
Why join us
People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.