Investment Back Office - Trainee Accountant

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Your Role

As an Investment Back Office Trainee Accountant you will receive exposure to all the teams within the Investment Back Office starting with Investment Accounting.
Overall responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

* Ensure that all daily tasks and controls performed in the Investment Back Office are executed efficiently and effectively in accordance with our Internal Control of Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework
* Processing of investment transactions and policyholder cash flows
* Daily verification and review of instrument pricing
* Daily pricing and review of unit linked funds
* Reconciliations of investment related bank and custody accounts
* Investment compliance monitoring and reporting
* Perform investment accounting and analysis, assist in the preparation of financial statements and financial regulatory returns
* Liaise with local Financial, Fund Administration, Actuarial and Group reporting teams
* Ongoing update of process and procedure documents
* Ad-hoc project work as required by business needs

Required Skills and Experience:

* Recent graduate with a third level qualification in a course with a strong financial or mathematical content, such as Accountancy, Finance, Business or Mathematics
* Willingness to undertake an accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
* Computer literate and competent with MS Excel
* Very good written and oral communication skills in English
* Relevant financial services experience is an advantage
* Hi-Portfolio and/or SAP experience is an advantage

Required Competencies and Behaviours:

* Be well organised and capable of working to tight deadlines
* Excellent attention to detail and numeracy skills
* A confident communicator, a versatile team player and an ability to work on your own initiative
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Positive and flexible attitude to change
* Customer focused approach