Job Description:

Our client, one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world, is looking for a Financial Reporting Manager (Officer) based in Edinburgh. The job holder will be an experienced manager responsible for the daily management of the Regulated Funds Financial Reporting Team. This typically involves the planning and allocation of workloads, supervision of progress and review of Financial Statement drafts and supporting documentation, or oversight of outsourced functions and working with clients.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• A professional accountancy qualification or qualified by experience.
• Achieved or studying towards obtaining IOC exams.
• Extensive experience of financial reporting for unit trusts, OEIC's or other collective investment schemes including previous staff management experience.
• Client service excellence through ensuring high quality standards maintained.
• Strong organisational and management skills.
• Effective communicator who can articulate complex issues at all levels.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead, direct and manage work flow/operations of the financial reporting teams assigned to you within the department.
• Ensure resources are managed effectively across the wider team.
• Perform effective and comprehensive oversight of all outsourced service providers including performance to agreed SLA and measures.
• Perform senior manager review on audited annual and unaudited interim accounts for the clients.
• Promote and drive continuous improvement to ensure that the department is operating efficiently whilst reducing risk exposure to enhance quality and customer experience.
• Lead the successful implementation of departmental and company initiatives to meet performance targets and objectives, both operational and project based.
• Identify operational risks ensuring appropriate controls are implemented, followed, and evidenced.
• Ensure self and team comply with all corporate policies and procedures, completing all mandatory training to assigned deadline.
• Maintain and develop technical expertise, as departmental SME, and representative on internal and client driven initiatives.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 14807

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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