Financial Reporting Accountant

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Job Title: Financial Reporting Accountant

Locations: Essex | Hybrid

Get To Know the Team

As Financial Reporting Accountant you will part of the group finance team and perform economic research and studies of rates of return, depreciation and investments. Analyses profit-and-loss income statements and prepares reports and recommendations to management. In addition, support all aspects of local legal entity financial reporting, including preparation of statutory financial statements, maintenance of local GAAP accounting records, and regulatory reporting.

Why You Will Love It Here!
• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:
• Local GAAP Statutory accounting:
• Preparation statutory financial statements for legal entities based in UK, Ireland, South Africa, and Luxembourg under FRS 102, FRS 101, IFRS for SMEs, and local Luxembourg GAAP accounting regimes.
• Preparation of financial statements using Caseware accounts production software.
• Preparation of supporting working paper and audit evidence files
• Dealing with external auditors on financial statements audits
• Maintaining local GAAP / statutory accounting records in Workday Financials general ledger system.
• Provision of information and analysis to support internal and external tax compliance teams with the quarterly and annual Corp Tax computations / Returns.
• Preparation of local GAAP financial information for legal entity Board reporting
• Regulatory financial reporting:
• Preparation of financial information for monthly, quarterly, and annual regulatory reporting in UK, Ireland, and Luxembourg.
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Includes Transfer Agency, MiFID, and Insurance Intermediary firms.
• Preparation of financial information for annual ICAP / ICARRA review processes, including multi-year forecasts, regulatory capital modelling, and stress testing and wind-down scenarios.
• Assisting with new business applications
• Supporting other projects and initiatives, including:
• Acquisitions and disposal
• Business transfers and group re-organisations
• Preparation of dividend proposals for Board approval
• Other duties:
• Completing financial due diligence credit checks on prospective new clients and suppliers

What you will bring to the role:
• A recognised professional accountancy qualification
• Good technical knowledge of UK GAAP requirements FRS 102 and FRS 101.
• UK statutory accounts preparation experience
• General knowledge of FCA regulatory requirements applicable to UK financial services businesses
• Experience of using accounts production software
• Experience of a large general ledger system
• Advanced Excel skills
• Basic Word skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of working in a regulated environment
• Experience of working for a company with a US parent
• Previous auditing experience
• Previous Caseware experience
• Previous Workday Financials experience

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, ****** orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.