Management Accounts Assistant recruitment

Principal Responsibilities

•   To review and sign off the Monthly Management accounts packs.

•   Delivery of the monthly Management Information to the Clients within specified Service Level agreements.

•   Feedback on the quality and the comments to the Accounts preparer

•   Responsible for ensuring that exception reporting is completed and disseminated.

•   To liaise with clients and Management Accountants on a regular basis, ensuring all client queries are dealt with in the agreed timescale.  To attend the client pre meeting and meeting

•   Production of Daily, weekly and monthly stats/KPI's

•   Monitor IOL's, Assist on the queries and liaise with other departments where necessary

•   Production schedule monitoring

•   Assist in the continued process of TQM (total quality management)

•   Day to day assistance and guidance provided on the processing quality and timeliness in Bangalore, seeking appropriate information from local management there where required

•   Analyse monthly management information and provide results to the Accounts Manager

•   Maintains a close working relationship with other areas, such as Dealing, Registration, Settlements and other internal areas such as the Relationship Managers

•   Fulfil additional, relevant, tasks appropriate to the role and business requirements 

Acountabilities

•   Employees are required to comply with the regulatory regime in which Northern Trust operates as appropriate to the above role.

•   Employees are expected to exercise due care and diligence, ensuring the areas the incumbent is responsible for are organised and controlled.

•   Employees are required to observe proper standards of market, business and personal conduct, demonstrating integrity in the execution of duties.

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal Key Stakeholders

-               Relationship Managers

-               Management Team

-               Preferred

-               Internal Clients

External Key stakeholders

-               Regulators including, FSA and FED

-               External Clients

-               External Advisors

-               External Auditors / Trustees and Compliance

-               Shareholders

Qualifications / Skills / Experience

•   Educated to A level standard or equivalent.

•   Ability to work on own initiative

•   Effective verbal reasoning and numeric skills (Essential)

•   Advanced keyboard skills to include MS Excel, Word and ability to learn systems used within the business (Essential) .

•   Ability to work under pressure meeting challenging deadlines

•   Excellent planning and organisation skills with a flexible approach to work

CORE COMPETENCIES

•   Interpersonal (relationship building, respectful, problem solving and understanding)

•   Communication (listening skills, oral communication skills, information sharing and written communication skills)

•   Self-management (adaptability, integrity, learning and trust builder)

•   Motivation (closure and result seeking)

•   Thinking (decision making, idea generation, inclusion and problem solving)

•   Organisational Knowledge (current knowledge, knowledge and understanding)

•   Client Service and Quality (quality, relationship building and client satisfaction)

•   Administration (coordination, execution, planning and time management)