Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant – Accounting Control & Reporting

📍 Canary Wharf, London | 🏢 3 days per week onsite

💷 £45,000–£50,000 | 📅 12-month FTC

About the Role

We’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join a well-established international financial services organisation within its Finance & Operations function.

This is a hands-on accounting control and reporting role, ideal for someone with banking experience and a strong understanding of reconciliations, General Ledger accounting and financial controls.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Perform General Ledger and inventory reconciliations

🔹 Monitor and investigate Nostro and suspense accounts

🔹 Follow up on unidentified and legacy customer balances

🔹 Review previous-day P&L and suspense accounting entries

🔹 Investigate failed accounting entries and unmatched transactions

🔹 Monitor FX positions and movements

🔹 Support intrabranch deal netting and loan-sale activity

🔹 Support month-end accounting , accruals and adjustments

🔹 Assist with management information and financial reporting

🔹 Support financial statement and operational risk reporting

🔹 Liaise with internal and external auditors and maintain audit trails

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Previous banking experience – MUST HAVE
• 1–3 years' experience in financial control, reconciliations, GL accounting or a similar finance function
• Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and General Ledger accounting
• Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and Pivot Tables
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• ACCA qualified or part-qualified
• Experience with Nostro, suspense and control accounts
• Understanding of FX accounting/foreign currency positions
• Spanish-speaking – highly desirable, but not essential

If you have a banking background and are either ACCA qualified or studying towards ACCA , we'd be very interested in hearing from you.

📩 Interested? Apply now or message me directly for more details.