Financial Accountant recruitment
Our ability to give world-class service and insight is a direct result of the quality of people who make up our Asia teams. A career at Coutts rewards and stimulates exceptional individuals to become the very best they can be.
We partner exceptional people; we need exceptional people.
Role Purpose
• Manage all regular reporting, including external surveys, reports to Head Office and Regional Office; and internal reports to Treasury and Risk Departments
• Keep smooth daily operations of the department. Escalate when issues cannot be resolved timely and/or ended in deadlock.
• Assist Finance Manager in the Bank’s financial system development and implementation projects and the monitoring of financial data integrity during system migration.
• Supervise and provide guidance to junior team members.
• Contribute towards proper financial control design and implementation
Key Accountabilities
• Responsible for accuracy and timely submission of regulatory reports, including external surveys, reports to Head Office and Regional Office as well as internal reports to Treasury and Risk Departments.
• Ensure proper financial control design and implementation
• Assist Finance Manager to ensure smooth daily operations of the department, including suspense and sundry accounts, general ledger maintenance, month-end closing and payment process. Escalate when issues cannot be resolved timely and/or ended in deadlock.
• Responsible for clean and smooth audit / provide relevant supporting schedules for tax computation, internal and external audits
• Responsible for the ledger control and maintenance functions to secure proper keeping of the Bank’s accounting records for financial, risk-monitoring and other management information purposes.
• Provide expertise in problem solving of technical/work issues.
• Provide back-up to the Finance Manager and other team members in their absence
Professional Qualifications:
University degree in Accounting or a related discipline or with a recognised professional accounting qualification
Other Technical Skills, Knowledge or Experience:
- At least 5 years work experience in accounting, banking and auditing fields in the financial services sector.
- Strong analytical and project management skills, with exposure to financial controls and system implementation
- Excellent knowledge of accounting standards and theory, and financial management principles and techniques.
- Good team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in both English and Chinese
- Strong MS excel skills
We offer an excellent total compensation package, learning and development opportunities and a flexible benefit programme designed to help you manage and balance your own work-life priorities.