Senior Technical Accountant

Human Capital Partners are working with a retail Bank to appoint their Interim Technical Accountant for a minimum of a 6 month contract. The Interim Technical Accountant will sit in the Financial Control team and will be ACA or ACCA qualified with demonstrable experience of performing day-to-day financial accounting activities.

You will be responsible for producing primary statements and accompanying notes to the financial statements. Reviewing the Banks processes and seeking out both system and process improvements, achieving efficiencies and accuracy across all core disciplines; journal processing/review, balance sheet reconciliation preparation/review, fixed assets accounting, employee payroll and benefits accounting, lease accounting, EIR calculations, general accounting and broad application of principles outlined within IFRS standards

The successful candidate will be able to "think outside of the box" and create new ways of working to think outside of standardised processes to deliver insightful and meaningful outputs.

Work with other departments including offshore colleagues to ensure the quality or work and provide appropriate training to offshore colleagues.

A strong working knowledge of IFRS accounting including IFRS 9, 13, 16 and 17 is essential.

Utilise advanced Excel skills with the ability to interpret and manipulate large data sets. Derive interest rates, discounted cash flows and regression analysis

Have a good understanding of core treasury products/instruments and the associated accounting rules/principles

Possess strong communication skills to work with various colleagues across both FP&A and Technical Accounting. Ensuring both statutory and management accounts are produced accurately and timely.

Skills Required:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Previous experience gained in Financial Control/Technical Accounting within a Bank or wider Financial Services companies
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint skills, for analysing data and preparing reporting packs
• Ability to own finance processes and prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Numeracy, attention to detail and a logical approach to problem solving
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, develop recommendations and drive solutions proactively/autonomously
• Ability to identify inefficiencies in processes and make suitable recommendations for process improvements