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Finance Operations Accountant
Quilter
Southampton, UAE
Full Time
Mid
4 weeks ago
Technical AccountingBalance Sheet ReconciliationTrial BalanceFinancial ReportingProcess ImprovementStakeholder Management
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Technical AccountingBalance Sheet ReconciliationTrial Balance
About the Role
Quilter is looking for a Finance Operations Accountant to manage financial processes, ensure trial balance accuracy, and support compliance. The role involves balance sheet reconciliations, monthly reporting, and driving continuous improvement.
Key Skills for This Role
Technical AccountingBalance Sheet ReconciliationTrial BalanceFinancial ReportingProcess ImprovementStakeholder Management
Responsibilities
- Oversee and deliver monthly and quarterly financial processes for the Business Units, ensuring accuracy of the Trial Balance
- Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts for designated Business Units
- Prepare and distribute monthly Lead Schedules with clear commentary
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and outputs
- Manage governance tools, ensuring appropriate evidence and controls
- Provide leadership and support to team members through regular check ins
- Assist in preparation of information for external audits
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the wider finance team
- Ensure all accounting and financial processes are fully documented and up to date
Requirements
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including ledger management, balance sheet reconciliations, and trial balance integrity
- Proven ability to manage and improve financial processes
- High attention to detail, with ability to identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies
- Strong analytical skills, with ability to provide clear insight and commentary
- Effective stakeholder management, building strong working relationships across Finance
- Good understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks within a regulated environment
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines
- Proactive mindset with focus on continuous improvement
- Collaborative team player, with experience supporting and developing colleagues
- Progressing towards, or holding, a professional accounting qualification is desirable
Full Job Posting
About The Role
- This role is focused on managing and continually improving robust financial processes within a regulated FTSE organisation.
- Working closely with Financial Controllers, you will provide meaningful insight and commentary on key spend areas.
Key responsibilities
- Oversee and deliver monthly and quarterly financial processes for the Business Units, ensuring accuracy of the Trial Balance
- Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts for designated Business Units
- Prepare and distribute monthly Lead Schedules with clear commentary
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and outputs
- Manage governance tools, ensuring appropriate evidence and controls
- Provide leadership and support to team members
- Assist in preparation of information for external audits
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the wider finance team
- Ensure all accounting and financial processes are fully documented
About You
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Proven ability to manage and improve financial processes
- High attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills
- Effective stakeholder management
- Good understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines
- Proactive mindset
- Collaborative team player
- Progressing towards or holding a professional accounting qualification (desirable)
Core Benefits
- 182 hours (26 days) holiday
- Quilter Incentive Scheme
- Non contributory pension scheme
- Private Medical Insurance (single cover as standard)
- Life Assurance: 4x salary
- Income Protection: 75% of salary after 26 weeks
- Healthcare Cash Plan (Jersey employees only)
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