Description

This Accountant for a rapidly growing Investment Bank paying £60,000 to £65,000 depending on experience with a Discretionary bonus, based in Heart of the West End.

Role

As an Accountant, you will work closely with the Financial Controller who is all about internal growth and development. Please find a brief outline of the role below:

• Maintenance of accounting records across a broad range of revenue, expense, and balance sheet categories, including preparation of accruals, US GAAP to IFRS adjustments, lease accounting, prepayments management and fixed asset register maintenance
• Supporting monthly results analysis and reporting to management
• Preparation and collation of support for all balances and disclosures related to financial statements, including balance sheet substantiation
• Researching accounting treatments and preparing accounting policy papers, research of technical accounting and disclosure queries, drafting papers to explain treatment, ensure compliance with accounting standards and local regulations
• Supporting the preparation of forecasts, including capital and liquidity planning, and stress- testing for our regulated entities
• Documentation of control weaknesses and areas of improvement, providing timely recommendations for improvement
• Completion of and monitoring of delivery against detailed plans, provision of regular updates and early identification of expected delays, with appropriate escalation
• Assist with other ad-hoc projects as required; proposing changes, designing test plans and ensure smooth implementation of new functionality

Profile

The Accountant for this Investment Bank Firm is ideally for the below

• A newly Qualified Top 6 audit trained accountant (ACA)
• Audited financial services- ideally (investment banks, banking capital markets)

Company

The accountant will report into a hugely impressive Financial Controller who you will very closely on the day-to-day operations. This Investment bank have had year on year growth and no looking like it's slowing down in 2026. The bank offers great benefits as well as work life balance

Salary & Benefits

Salary is bench marked £60,000 to £65,000 on experience -Additionally, a bonus, private medical insurance, pension

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