Finance Analyst

Overall purpose of role

The role holder will be responsible for the end to end financial control and reporting for the Barclays Capital Zurich BBplc branch, incorporating local management, statutory, regulatory and tax reporting (including liaison with external auditors) and Group reporting.

They will also be responsible for various financial control activities in support of BarSuisse Geneva, including acting as the key point of contact for the intragroup recharges payables/receivables.

Core accountabilities

The role holder will have the following primary areas of accountability:

The role holder will manage the month-end close of the Barclays Bank plc Zurich branch including monitoring of operating expenses, payroll costs and intragroup arrangements, posting accruals, adjustments and ad hoc items as required.

The role holder will prepare the management pack, liaising with data providers to ensure it is completed on a timely basis, and providing insightful commentaries on significant variances

The role holder will support the Finance manager to ensure that all statistics are completed accurately and in accordance with strict deadlines to the Swiss National bank. On an annual basis the role holder will prepare the finanancial statements and provide support to the external audit. The role holder will also support the production of VAT and Corporation Tax returns.

The role holder will assess and test the impact of systems and regulatory change on the branch, specifically helping to embed the Coupa system and championing correct purchasing behaviours with the business.

The role holder will support a variety of other activities across the finance team including management of intragroup payables/receivables, adhoc tasks and analysis, exceptional payments and providing cover for absences for other team members tasks.

Role requirements

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Professional/technical experience

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of standard banking products and Swiss accounting rules as well as Avaloq.

Academic and professional qualifications

The successful candidate will have some accountancy qualification; or equivalent work experience.

The ideal candidate should have advanced skills in Excel and basic knowledge of VBA.

Language skills

The successful candidate will have advanced spoken and written English; a working knowledge of French would be an advantage.

Personal attributes

The right candidate will be adaptable, a strong team player, a strong communicator across a wide spectrum of key clients internally and externally, will be able to work autonomously and manage their time and agenda to strict regulatory deadlines.

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Purpose and Values

Barclays has a single cross-business Purpose for Barclays and five core Values which underpin it.

Our Purpose is to create opportunities for people to rise- customers, clients, colleagues and society. Put simply this is the answer to the question ‘What is Barclays for?’ and it should guide our every action as employees.

Respect

We respect and value those we work with, and the contribution that they make.

Integrity

We act fairly, ethically and openly in all we do.

Service

We put our clients and customers at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We use our energy, skills and resources to deliver the best, sustainable results.

Stewardship

We are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.