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This role presents an ideal opportunity to develop a wide range of core accounting, reporting, control and process improvement skills as well as develop a key overall understanding of the Capital Markets businesses and how each operates within the legal entity framework.
What will you do?
Ledger Maintenance
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Data Analyst
* Analyze processes, gather requirements, look for solutions to improve and see through the implementation of these solutions.
* Interpret data using careful business-grounded logic and analytics techniques to test controls, find exceptions, and discover insights and trends.
* Support the maintenance of existing or built processes.
* Identify opportunities to improve and streamline current processes
* Ensuring adequate documentation of processes and procedures are maintained
* Prepare and distribute daily and monthly MIS and KPIs reports, key account and inter-systems reconciliations including subledger to main Ledger and intergroup cash. Liaise with counterparts within Product Control and Operations (BCS) to investigate and clear breaks in a timely manner. Ensure the integrity of these reports by raising IT tickets where necessary.
* Ad hoc projects and tasks as required.
What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
* Full Professional accountancy qualification
* Graduate, ideally with a focus in Quantitative Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science
* Strong Microsoft Excel quantitative, financial and analytical skills
* Experience using ETL tools such as DataAnalze360, Dataiku or Alteryx
* Good MS Office skills - Power BI, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint
* Strong organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills are essential
* Python, SQL, VBA programming experience is desirable
* Ability to learn data analytics and data visualization tools
* Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
* Knowledge of or experience in the Financial Services industry
Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003
This role presents an ideal opportunity to develop a wide range of core accounting, reporting, control and process improvement skills as well as develop a key overall understanding of the Capital Markets businesses and how each operates within the legal entity framework.
What will you do?
Ledger Maintenance
* Prepare key Control & Suspense MIS reports and follow up on outstanding balances to ensure these are cleared in a timely manner
* Monitor and clear sub-ledger Accounting error queue (where entries can't post to an account) in a timely manner.
* Support the Ledger Maintenance function by opening certain sub-branches, transits and accounts within the general ledger and sub-ledgers
* Support and assist with the setup of trading books, business units and customers. Liaise with Operations and Product Control teams to resolve issues promptly
* Prepare monthly ledger accounts Attestation summaries for accounts under ownership
* Maintain HO reporting deliverables schedule to ensure timely submissions across Finance
Data Analyst
* Analyze processes, gather requirements, look for solutions to improve and see through the implementation of these solutions.
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What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
* Full Professional accountancy qualification
* Graduate, ideally with a focus in Quantitative Engineering, Statistics or Computer Science
* Strong Microsoft Excel quantitative, financial and analytical skills
* Experience using ETL tools such as DataAnalze360, Dataiku or Alteryx
* Good MS Office skills - Power BI, Word, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint
* Strong organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills are essential
* Python, SQL, VBA programming experience is desirable
* Ability to learn data analytics and data visualization tools
* Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
* Knowledge of or experience in the Financial Services industry
Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003
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