management accountant.

My client is one of the world's largest investment management institutions with an opportunity for a qualified Group Management Accountant to join the team, based in the City of London.In this role you will be responsible for:* Producing reports for the Group Management Committee and plc Board* Analysing key drivers of the key income and cost lines and providing insightful analysis* Reviewing both financial and non-financial information in order to provide commentary and analysis for inclusion within the monthly management accounts* Assisting with investment performance, project cost and headcount reporting* Preparing and updating the group forecast model for different scenarios in order to provide monthly reports and to feed into the group strategy process* Identifying and implementing ways in which the data collection and reporting process can be streamlined* Liaising with reporting entities to deal with any issues arising from their submissions* Consolidating the Group results and undertaking any follow up work to answer questions on the forecast* Maintaining an appropriate control framework around the forecast process* Ad hoc analysis of business areas to support demands when requiredAs such, the successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:* Qualified Accountant with similar relevant experience in a FS environment (ideally Asset Management)* Strong IT skills and an experienced user of Excel to an advanced stage and preferably HFM* Ability to demonstrate a high level of awareness of the commercial implications of trends within the financial data and of business drivers* Highly numerate with strong attention to detail and controls together with first class communication skills* Be able to work under own initiative, to tight deadlines and be proactive in their approachIf you have similar experience to that outlined above and are looking for a permanent opportunity within a progressive and dynamic environment, please forward your CV today.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

Business Analyst - Records Management (Asset Management) Job Purpose:This role is an exciting opportunity to work with a wide variety of business teams including Data Governance and Technology to assist in the delivery of a records management programme of work. Key Responsibilities:Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, collaborate on requirements ensuring that the technology strategy is aligned with business goals and strategy Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Actively participate in the delivery life-cycle including Agile ceremonies and develop documentation such as system user guides and business process & proceduresResponsible for the business analysis function within the project, working collaboratively with the other assigned BAs to deliver the required functionality Collaborate with the business and technology to identify and remediate area of records management weaknesses Requirements:Extensive knowledge of all aspects of records management and regulatory archivingExperience of interpreting record management standards and policies and creating a company specific records management policy based on corporate policies and proceduresHands on experience of creating transitional plans for records managementExperience of directing and training teams around records managementKnowledge of how to implement primary and copy convenience records, retention, destruction and legal hold processKnowledge of designing the implementation of record managements for:Strategic new systemsStrategic existing systems where records management has not been implementedData repositories from legacy systems that are being decommissionedThe records management assessment process for business changeA strong understanding of data privacyA good understanding of data sourcing, data management and governanceKnowledge of Asset Management business process, workflows and business process re-engineering would be an advantageExperience of analysing current systems and document the business data model, data flows and relationships of data in different system and taking the records management record type plan down to the relevant attribute levelsIn depth knowledge of databases and the ability to navigate data structures via SQL queriesHands on project delivery experienceExperience within data engineering and data related projects If you have similar experience working as a Business Analyst within Records Management and are looking for a new and exciting contract please forward your CV today.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 is an exciting opportunity to work with a wide variety of business teams including Data Governance and Technology to assist in the delivery of a broad records management programme of work.Key Responsibilities- Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, collaborate on requirements ensuring that the technology strategy is aligned with business goals and strategy - Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders - Actively participate in the delivery life-cycle including Agile ceremonies and develop documentation such as system user guides and business process & procedures - Responsible for the business analysis function within the project, working collaboratively with the other assigned BAs to deliver the required functionality - Collaborate with the business and technology to identify and remediate area of records management weaknessesRole Requirements- Ability to read, understand and interpret financial regulations from a variety of sources and summarise the likely impact of these regulations on an Investment Management Company- In-depth experience of implementing recent high impact regulations in an Investment Management / Asset Management- Extensive knowledge and experience of implementing regulatory change in an Asset Management environment- Experience of directing and training teams and knowledge sharing with the business- Understanding of GDPR and data privacy would be preferable- A good understanding of data sourcing, data management and governance- Hands on experience of analysing current systems and document the business data model, data flows and relationships of data in different system- Hands on experience of databases, the ability to navigate data structures via SQL queries- Hands on project delivery experience is a must- Experience within data engineering and data related projectsRandstad 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