We are looking on behalf of our client, a financial services provider in Gibraltar, for a Management Accountant.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly management accounts for the assigned legal entities, including detailed P&L, balance sheet and variance analysis and commentaries.
- Ensure timely and accurate month-end close and reporting in line with Group set timetables.
- Produce high-quality management information for functional and entity-level stakeholders.
- Support the consolidation processes and Group reporting.
- Carry out balance sheet reconciliations and facilitate repayments of intercompany balances.
- Prepare legal entity statutory financial statements including supporting working files.
- Act as the primary contact during internal and external audits and respond to arising queries.
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.
- Track actual performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying trends and risks.
- Assist with the migration of the accounting system from the legal entity’s legacy platform to the Group’s finance system, ensuring minimal business disruption.
- Be part of the finance workstream, including chart of accounts design, data mapping, data migration, and opening balance validation.
- Ensure accounting treatment, controls, and reporting outcomes remain compliant with accounting standards and regulatory expectations.
- Execute comprehensive testing, including reconciliation of migrated data and parallel runs as required.
- Ensure core finance processes (month end close, consolidation, intercompany, statutory and regulatory reporting) are fully supported post migration.
- Assist with updating relevant finance policies, procedures, and internal controls impacted by the system change.
- Operate effectively within a matrix reporting structure, balancing priorities of Group Finance and local legal entity management.
- Act as finance business partner to local operational teams and management while adhering to Group policies and procedures.
Required:
- Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience as a Management Accountant within financial services or another regulated environment.
- Prior experience to insurance companies is desirable.
- Experience working across multiple legal entities or business units.
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities in a matrix environment.
- Advanced Excel skills and experienced at producing reports and power point presentations.
