Description
The main responsibilities of this role will be preparing, developing, and analyzing financial information so that the London Stock Exchange Group's senior management can make well-informed decisions, leading to future stability, growth, and profitability.
The role focuses on core accounting skills, working across different business divisions in order to support the whole organization.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of month-end accounts close and review processes to ensure accuracy of P&L and Balance Sheet, and adherence to all Group reporting deadlines.
- Responsible for onboarding of additional scope and aligning the process according to the TOM.
- Ensure that the team meet tight reporting deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and quality.
- Preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations and substantiations.
- Support the external audit process for companies within scope including liaising with the external auditors to address their questions and requests (CAS).
- Adherence to internal controls as per group policies and the financial control framework.
- Support Group projects and ensure detailed implementation of any new systems and processes.
- Work collaboratively in identification and support of continuous improvement activities.
- The role will be encouraged to partner with Entity Accountants, Financial Controllers, Group Reporting, and Statutory Reporting teams and be a key member of the Finance CoE.
Key Relationships
- Group financial controllership team
- FP&A and Business partnering teams
- Wider controllership function especially group policy and consolidations and compliance
- Financial Accounting and Control teams in India and Sri Lanka
- External and internal auditors
- Revenue Assurance
- Cash Applications team
Preferred Skills And Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or a passed finalist of a recognised professional qualification
- Having minimum 4 years of experience in General Accounting.
- Strong track record in processing core accounting transactions and consolidations to ensure balances are accurately reflected in the general ledger.
- Background in a finance shared services environment would be an added advantage.
- Financial control process including account reconciliations and substantiations.
- Analysis, production, and delivery of reporting packs / schedules to represent financial performance.
- Hands on experience in SAP, Oracle, Oracle Fusion, and Blackline will be an added advantage.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages, especially in Excel.
- Excellent communication skills in oral & written English.
- Be a lead proponent in driving a collaborative culture while working across Finance.
- Adaptable to working in a constantly evolving environment to meet business priorities and deadlines.
- Strong process orientation, with ability to craft robust reporting frameworks.
- Ability to build strong working relationships with global colleagues.
- Improve opportunities, i.e., challenge ways of working, embrace Group practices, seek, and provide information and clarification.
- Accuracy and outstanding attention to detail.
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