Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

This role is in the financial reporting team, which has principal responsibility for all external reporting and technical accounting. We are looking to expand the capacity and skills needed to enable delivery of the increasingly complex demands of financial reporting from accounting standard setters, regulators and other stakeholders.

About the Role

To be a senior member of the team responsible for the satisfying the statutory financial reporting requirements of the group – specifically covering the consolidated reporting for Investec plc and Investec Bank plc.

Responsibilities

• Preparing/reviewing the group annual statutory accounts and working with external auditors
• Preparing/reviewing of key disclosure notes, including with respect to financial instruments
• Liaison with Investor Relations, Risk and other finance teams
• Key contact and driver of the external audit process
• Periodic reporting to satisfy the needs of a variety of internal and external customers including our regulators
• Assisting in preparing balance sheet analysis to support the quarterly financial returns to our regulators, including investigating and documenting variances
• Develop and deliver technical training sessions to enhance the quality and classification of data used to generate the financial statement disclosure
• Participation in projects to drive implementation of new accounting standards and financial reporting requirements and continue the drive for increased automation in production of the financial statement
• Ensuring the integrity of the group's general ledger monthly by reviewing and challenging the ledger entries
• Responding to ad hoc requests
• Play a key role in the active transformation projects including ledger upgrades, substantiation automation and data

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with in-depth knowledge and experience of the below areas

Required Skills

• Financial services experience
• Technical understanding of IFRS
• Experience with consolidations
• Experience with providing training and knowledge sharing
• Familiarity with JDE and Essbase would be beneficial
• Systematic approach in analysing and solving problems with good attention to detail
• Regulatory knowledge as applicable to role
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work without close supervision
• Ability to manage projects with multiple stakeholders
• Team player with experience of leading teams/projects
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good Excel working knowledge
• Experience preparing/reviewing FINREP regulatory reporting