Accounting Assistant

The Accounting Assistant will spend time in different teams amongst the UK Finance department, they will learn the core principals and processes of each team to develop a strong understanding of the finance department.

Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities

• Trial balance review, understand and explain variances.
• Assist month end process, prepare and post journal entries (accruals and Prepayments).
• Support review of Balance Sheet substantiations and flag issues to LEC manager/senior team members 
• Daily monitoring and control of global automated P&L’s and revenue reports
• Liaising with Front Office for prompt resolution of queries relating to P&L discrepancies
• Participate in monthly PNL call to provide variance analyses on Fees. 
• Provide ad hoc global revenue reports to senior management and other departments
• Assist external auditors for the statutory audit
• Ad hoc project work.

Skills

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• A strong academic background and good grades
• Graduate - Preferably from an accounting and finance or economics background or / Part qualified (ACA, ACCA, CMA)/ Qualified AAT 
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with professionals throughout the organisation.
• Have excellent organisational skills and to ensure the team meets its objectives and deadlines.
• Possess a pro-active attitude with an ability to take responsibility

Technical Skills

• MS Office: advanced use of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills 
• Oracle Financials /Hyperion Essbase (would be advantageous)  

Personal Attributes

• A self-starter with a flexible approach, adaptable to new situations and who has the ability to learn quickly and think in a strategic manner.
• Good attention to detail
• Articulates both written and spoken messages clearly and confidently.
• Proactive and able to work well under pressure.
• The ability to build and develop strong relationships with stakeholders i.e. Corporate Accounting, Fx Control, Tax, BR Control, Operations and support areas 

Hybrid Working - We are currently operating a hybrid model for our shared services employees (including this role). We anticipate continuing these arrangements for the foreseeable future with periodic review. Hybrid for BGC Partners across the working week, means three days office based and two days remote.

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