Job Description

Financial Reporting and Control:

• Responsibility for maintaining local GAAP adjustment ledgers for UK and Irish legal entities, including reconciliations between local GAAP and US GAAP ledgers.
• Assist with local GAAP financial reporting requirements, including preparation of P&L / balance sheets for legal entity Board Meetings
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assist with the preparation of the individual legal entity annual financial statements

VAT Reporting:

• Review of UK Group quarterly VAT information schedules prepared by more junior members of the team
• Preparation of the UK Group quarterly PE VAT calculations
• Upload the quarterly UK VAT Return figures into the digital portal
• Extraction of data and preparation of the bi-monthly VAT Return calculations for the Irish and South African companies.
• Ensure appropriate VAT records are maintained, including a full audit trial from the VAT Returns back to the general ledger
• Work with Tax Team VAT expert to resolve any technical queries
• Oversee VAT payments and ensure payment deadlines are met
• Posting of ledger journals to record all the VAT Return accounting entries, and ensure that reconciling items are cleared from the control accounts.

Other Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and updating Team policy & procedure documentation
• Completing financial reviews and credit checks on third party organisations as part of SS&C’s supplier due diligence process
• Provide assistance in dealing with external auditors (US Group audits / Sarbanes Oxley control audits / local statutory audits)
• Assist wider Team on acquisitions and restructure projects

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential:

• Strong general accounting knowledge (particularly double entry)
• Good basic VAT Knowledge
• VAT Partial Exemption experience
• Experience of large computerised general ledger systems
• Strong Excel Skills (including experience of manipulating large volumes of data)
• Confidence to interact with senior management / auditors as required

Desirable:

• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience of working in an FSA regulated environment.
• Experience of using PeopleSoft general ledger system.
• ACCA / ACA / CIMA Qualified
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of team structure