Trade Accountant (IFRS)
☞ Richard James Recruitment Specialists Ltd
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Update day: 21-03-2024
Category: Finance / Bank / Stock R & D Accounting / Auditing
Industry: Mining Oil Gas Accounting
Position: Mid-Senior level
Job type: Full-time
Job content
Our client is a leading Commodity Trading company, with a truly global reach.
We are looking for a motivated and eager candidate with a keen interest in the commodity trading and derivative environment to join the Finance team. The successful candidate will have a Chartered Accounting qualification, with good technical IFRS experience. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, dynamic, and organised with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
You will be a good communicator, who Interacts well within a team and actively manages expectations. You will take initiative in resolving issues in a structured methodical manner and have a strong sense of responsibility and ownership, and are attentive to detail, in a fast-moving environment.
Key responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:
Period close:
- Execute the month end trade accounting close per profit centre based on International Financial Reporting Standards ‘IFRS’
- Review the department’s trial balance for IFRS technical compliance
- Prepare detailed monthly IFRS P/L and working capital reporting
- Reconcile the middle office and trade accounting month end P/L’s and document and explain any breaks.
- Review and reconcile department SG&A/overhead reporting
- Review and reconcile department management reporting
- Support regional offices with technical accounting challenges during period close
Intra period close:
- In collaboration with the Middle Office, remedy processes leading to prior month P/L reconciliation breaks
- Support the front and middle office including corporate teams with the preparation of ad-hoc departmental financial reports and analysis
- Coordinate the department’s external audit, internal audit, and financial governance processes
- Execute departmental financial governance testing
- Maintaining professional and technical accounting, finance, and controls knowledge
- Review and control the department’s application access and segregation of duties
Deal Structuring:
- In collaboration with the Middle Office, conclude on and document the IFRS accounting treatment for new structured deals in advance of execution
Price curve modelling
- Validate the IFRS compliance of Middle Office price curves
Projects
- Automate manual journal entries to ensure straight through processing to the general ledger
- Review and control the calibration of system generated journal entries
- In collaboration with other trade accounting teams, identify and implement accounting best practice including processes and internal controls
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Background in Accounting with three to five years of trade accounting experience in a commodity trading or financial institution
- Chartered Accounting qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA)
- Working knowledge of commodity trading systems and ERP integration
- Working knowledge of ERP’s, especially SAP FI/Co and BW
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools, especially Excel
- Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken
- Keen interest in trading, derivatives, business process automation, internal control, efficiency and improvement
Deadline: 05-05-2024
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