Accountant

Job Description

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for an accountant to join our Service Centre accounting team to provide financial and management information services for our Schroders Wealth Management entities worldwide.

The Service centre accounting team manages the financial reporting requirements for our Wealth Management subsidiaries. The role reports into the Head of Service Centre Accounting. You will be part of a team of seven, managing the accounting for five of our Wealth management subsidiaries and Global Wealth management AUM reporting.

You will be a accounting subject matter expert for your entity, ensuring accurate financial information and financial reporting to the wider finance teams and other stakeholders.

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base

At Schroders, we’re known for doing things differently. That’s why we’re building a home for the ambitious in Horsham, West Sussex. You’ll get the all the benefits of being part of a world-leading FTSE 100 company. But you’ll also get the support of being part of a genuine local community. If you’re looking for opportunities that match your ambitions, you’ll find them right here in Horsham.

What you’ll do

• Responsible for the daily controls of one of our Wealth entities income statement, balance sheet and off-balance sheet transactions.
• Supporting the business with ad-hoc requests.
• Participation in projects as they arise.
• All related financial analysis and reporting activities.
• Input loans, expenses and all other types of general accounting transaction and initiate the related payments.
• All Group reporting submissions and disclosures related to your entity.
• Produce monthly account reconciliations.
• Production of the annual statutory financial statements.
• Liaise with the wider finance teams and local offices.
• Ensure SLA KPIs and Group reporting deadlines are met.
• Act as back-up to other Company accountants.
• Produce and maintain standardised procedure documentation.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Qualified or part qualified accountant.
• Skilled and experienced MS Office user (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook);
• Management Studio experience to query SQL based information would be beneficial.
• Systems literacy
  • Experience with using ledger accounting systems essential, and knowledge of Oracle Financials would be beneficial.
  • Experience in core banking system T24 Temenos beneficial.
• Financial services experience beneficial.
• Client orientation with focus on timely delivery.
• Effective in managing your own time with ability to prioritise tasks.
• Open to feedback, receptive to change, challenges status quo and continually looks out for team and self-improvement opportunities.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that’ll help

• Strong analytical skills.
• Detail orientated.
• Organised, diligent and methodical.
• Enthusiastic, positive and result focused.
• Self-starter who can solve problems and suggest solutions.
• A strong team player able to develop and manage strong working relationships with global internal departments and external counterparties.
• Interested in innovation and process enhancement with the ability to analyse data, process flows and identify areas to improve efficiency and maintain an appropriate control framework is expected.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.

About Us

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

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