Group Reporting Associate - ACA

Inside the Program

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Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets.

Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet.

We have 4,600 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Five Arrows.

As a family-controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.

Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

Group Reporting Team

The Group Finance financial reporting team collects, prepares and fully explains R&Co Group’s external and internal reporting to management and investors.  We have close relationships with both the business finance teams, who submit data to us, and who we help with accounting issues; the Group Systems team, with whom we work closely regarding our consolidation and reporting tools; and other Group functions who use our data.  The team is also the Group’s technical accounting department and are thereby involved in many of the group’s strategic and corporate finance initiatives.

There is a full-time vacancy in the team, which comprises five experienced accounting professionals.

Main Duties

Critically review and understand financial accounts data received from subsidiaries, so that we can fully explain them to the Group CFO/ investor relations team/ Group risk etc
Play a key role in the consolidation sub-team, which produces consolidations for the Group accounts and for the management reporting.  These are integral to the reports used for the Group’s board pack and in the external reporting to investors
Own other specified working papers to support different notes in the accounts.  We produce these based on modelling principles, which reduces errors and aids review and common working.
Communicate with and assist accountants from our three businesses with queries and training

Additional Duties

Project work.  As an example, we are integral to a major current Group Finance system development, particularly in relation to reporting tools and consolidation accounting.  The successful candidate would work on the testing and design of this.
As we are at the centre of the Group, we need to understand the new products/ transactions etc of all our businesses.  For example, we often make acquisitions, and the successful candidate will contribute to accounting papers on these, following discussions with business CFOs and auditors.
Assist in maintaining the Group’s consolidation system
Liaise with Group Finance management and systems accountants on topics of joint interest
Form a good working relationship with auditors and with key accountants in the Group, assisting and developing them.  This may involve travel in Europe
Assist with other matters as required