Financial controller

Job Description

Job Description

Job description:

Duration: 3-6 months contract (Extendable)

• This is a broad role which will involve assisting in all areas of financial management of the COMPANY’S fund.

• Assist in; processing and controlling fund operations, the annual budgeting and planning exercise, quarterly cash -forecasting, treasury activities, compliance, and regulatory filings.

• Supporting management/shareholder reporting and Investment performance reporting.  You will have a key role in developing and documenting key controls and processes and assist in the implementation of an investment management system.

Detailed responsibilities

Fund operations

• Assisting, preparing, and reviewing fund transactions

• Bank reconciliations

• Management of fund expenses

• Liaise with Investment/legal and corporate team.

Treasury

• Liaise with banks, brokers.

• Assisting in effecting treasury transactions e.g., fixed deposits,  forwards, treasury investments

Annual budgeting

• Assist in the annual budget process.

• Assist in the quarterly forecasting process.

Compliance/Regulation

• Assist with annual audit process.

• Assist with fund filings.

• Assist with VAT reporting.

• Assist with financial statement preparation.

• Liaise with auditors/regulators.

Reporting

• Assist in preparing shareholder, management & board reports for fund and subsidiary companies.

• Assist in preparing materials for Investment & KPI reviews. 

Systems, Operations & Controls

• Develop & maintain sound financial controls and processes.

• Assist in the implementation of Investment management system.

• Maintain documentation and accounting system to support key financial reporting & compliance needs.

Requirements

Requirements:

·Dynamic, personable individual who is keen to get involved.

·Good time management skills and used to working to tight deadlines.

·Broad hands-on experience of working in a finance function.

·Excel skills

·Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CMA/CPA) with minimum of 5 years PQE experience.

·In -depth knowledge of IFRS and Investment accounting and reporting

·Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirable:

·Big 4 experience,

·Management reporting experience,

·Knowledge of python, SQL or other BI programming languages

·knowledge/application of investment performance metrics,

·Treasury experience

·Knowledge of Oracle/Efront

Benefits