Description

Job Title: Financial Analyst
Job Type: Contract until June
Location: Glasgow
Hourly: £27.52 PAYE + holiday pay

Opportunity Overview: A fantastic opportunity has risen to temporarily join my client as a Financial Analyst.
My client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries

Role Objective: The Disclosures team within Glasgow Finance is part of the global External Reporting team which produces financial regulatory reporting of the Firm in accordance with multiple accounting and regulatory frameworks. We have a demand for career minded individuals to join our team. The team is responsible for preparing various financial disclosures of the Firm as well as preparation of Financial Regulatory reporting to European Regulators. As a result of the ever changing regulatory and financial reporting environment the team is a key contributor across numerous projects arising as new requirements are issued by our Regulators. The Disclosures team also invest in continual enhancement of production processes through digital tooling as well as enhancing our reporting control environment. The team works closely with a number of stakeholders across the Firm including Global Product Controllers for the Institutional Securities Group business unit, Finance Technology as well as Legal Entity Control, and the Accounting Policy Group.

Key Responsibilities:
* We are currently seeking a contractor to join our External Reporting team. The role will report to a Director within the Glasgow team supporting the work of the monthly European Statistical Reporting production.
* Preparing Regulatory Balance Sheet-based external reporting
* Preparing commentary and analysis to support the reporting
* Conducting the production process ensuring delivery against production timetables.
* Trouble shooting data issues during quarterly production through effective communication and escalation to local line management
* Responding to review questions raised on disclosures produced
* Presenting disclosures and analytics to members of Finance Senior Management
* Building an understanding of disclosure requirements and my client's policies
* Maintaining written procedures documents, ensuring key controls are in place
* Assisting with testing of technology development to enhance the report production processes

Requirements:
* Experience of financial/regulatory report production
* Experience of working with large datasets
* Excellent communication skills including ability to escalate effectively and in a timely manner
* Appreciation of escalation and risk awareness
* Self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative and problem-solving abilities
* Strong work ethic with an ability to take responsibility for completing tasks and working to deadlines
* Ability to work autonomously
* Ability to balance and effectively prioritise multiple issues
* Proficient with Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
* Financial services and/or product knowledge
* Balance Sheet controller reporting experience

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.