Head of Finance and CASS

City-based client seek experienced Head of Finance who has had experience with client money (CASS), preferably having held CF10a status.

The Client:

A fast growing electronic brokerage house, offering a trading platform for a varied spread of products. The firm are looking to grow their UK and EMEA branch and see this as an important hire for their senior management team.

The Role:

You will have sole responsibility for all forms of financial control, budgeting planning and regulatory returns. Reporting to the Group CFO in the America’s, you will play a leading part in the management of the region’s finances. Core responsibilities include;

· Responsibility for all procedures and control oversight of the region’s statutory accounts.
· Responsibility for design and implementation for client assets and money, in respect of FCA regulations.
· Providing advice on upstream accounting policy changes, whilst also advising on the potential impact of new products and markets.
· Development of functional business requirements and operational
· Conduct robust financial modelling and stress testing scenarios (eg ICAAP/ILAA)

The Candidate:

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA) with a minimum of 6 years experience. You will have ideally been a Financial Controller in either a prime brokerage or online brokerage platform.

· If not, you will have had experience in securities or capital markets
· Either way, the successful candidate must have had experience in a CASS/client money capacity

Hays Investment Management is a subsidiary division, and stand-alone brand, within the Hays Financial Markets group in the UK.

We have a specialist team of over 30 dedicated recruitment experts focussing exclusively on London's buy-side/investment sector, spanning Institutional asset management, retail private client wealth, Hedge Funds and PE/VC houses.

Our extensive Investment sector expertise and search capability spans 12 individual businesses

To find out more information on the above role or for a confidential discussion on the market please contact Zoey Henry on 020 3465 0106

February 12, 2015 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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