Accountant; Newly Qualified

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Accountant (Newly Qualified)

London

Fixed Term (6 – 12 months)

Capital Dynamics is an independent global asset management firm focusing on private assets, including Private equity (priamaries, secondaries and direct investments) and Clean Energy.

Established in 1988, the Firm has extensive knowledge and experience developing solutions tailored to meet the exacting needs of a diverse and global client base of institutional and private wealth investors. Capital Dynamics oversees more than USD 15 billion in assets under management and advisement and employs approximately 150 professionals globally across 13 offices in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Capital Dynamics is a recognized industry leader in responsible investment, receiving top marks (Five Stars) from PRI across all categories and investment strategies, as well as achieving strong results in GRESB benchmarking for its clean energy strategy.

The Capital Dynamics Finance team manage all elements of operational finance, reporting and regulatory reporting obligations. Further, the team provides oversight, controls and protection to safeguard the firm’s interests and budgets while upholding the financial integrity of the business. The team also partners with the business and stakeholders to drive value creation and efficiencies within the wider organization, either directly or by enabling improved performance to support the firm’s continued growth.

Capital Dynamics is seeking an Accountant to join our Finance Reporting team, to work closely with the Head of Financial Control on all management and financial accounting activities. This will involve preparation of the monthly management reporting and the year-end statutory reporting, which will include liaising with the auditors and other teams within Finance and the organisation (locally and in our global offices), including Treasury, Legal and Operations.

The accountant will contribute to shaping the finance department through ongoing development and improvement of finance processes, insightful reporting and analysis, and efficient and effective workflows.

Your responsibilities will include monitoring day-to-day transactional processing, reviewing month-end balance sheet reconciliations, preparing, and reviewing monthly reporting including group consolidation, cash flow reporting, and working closely with the Group Financial Controller, FP&A, Treasury and other finance colleagues to ensure robustness and consistency between data sets.

• Manage and prepare all statutory financial statements ensuring that all submissions are on time, accurate and compliant.
• Liaise with the auditors ensuring smooth audit process and completion of audits within the applicable time frames.
• Control and ensure the integrity of all entities by maintaining and reviewing the accounting records to ensure accuracy and completeness of data, including bank reconciliations, safeguarding the assets of the company.
• Take ownership of the balance sheet and P&L for individual entities, ensuring that all balances are understood.
• Prepare and review monthly reconciliation files for all balance sheet amounts to supporting documentation, flagging any actual or potential risks/opportunities to senior management.
• Lead reconciliation of intercompany positions and investigate differences where necessary.
• Prepare the monthly IFRS management reporting for selected entities in the Group.
• Liaise with tax accountants to ensure completion of corporation taxes calculations, support the preparation of VAT returns and other tax submissions.
• Monitor compliance with the regulatory capital requirements for the various jurisdictions where applicable.
• Continually review the financial controls of the business ensuring they are fit for purpose and strive to make them simpler and better.
• Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the financial control environment across Finance.
• Support other business, financial control and reporting initiatives as required.

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