Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst | Global Investment Specialist | London and 5 Days in Office | 6 month FTC with potential to go perm | £30k

We are working with a global investment specialist that provides specialized financial services to its clients. They are looking for a Finance Analyst to join their team in their London office. They have 5 key business areas Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Trading, and principle Investment.

They are looking for a finance analyst with advanced excel skills to join their accounting team. You will be managing and processing trade data. This is a great role for a recent graduate who is keen to start their accountancy career.

Your Role

Developing and maintaining robust excel models to process the trade data

Apply accounting logic to generate DR/CR journal entries from trade data

Reconcile trade related entries with the general ledger

Collaborate with the accounting team to ensure proper data mapping between Excel files and the accounting system

Support data quality checks and help implement error - handling procedures within the excel files

Your Skill

Be a recent graduate looking to kickstart their accountancy career

Strong academics is key

Strong proficiency in excel is very key, including: Advanced formulas (eg. Vlookup, Index/Match, Sumifs), Pivot Tables and data transformation, Basic VBA (not key but would be desirable

Prior experience in trade processing within financial services or an investment environment would be desirable but not necessary

Have experience working with large data sets and reconciling financial data is desirable but not key

Have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills

Have the ability to work independently and meeting tight deadlines

They want to offer the successful candidate £30,000. If you have relevant experience, fit the above criteria, and are looking for an exciting, rewarding, and challenging new role, please apply today.

We will be reviewing CVs throughout the process so please apply as soon as you can.

We are committed to ensuring the entire process is inclusive and accessible for all candidates who fit the minimum requirements for our role. As such, we encourage applications from under-represented groups in the accountancy sector. Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments for you at any stage.

At Trace, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that, in any business, it is imperative that all members of staff feel appreciated and respected in their roles.