Staff Accountant

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

Private-markets investment firm bringing together people, ideas, and capital to support company growth and investor performance.

What you will do

• Prepare timely monthly management accounts in PeopleSoft for assigned EMEA legal entities under Local and US GAAP.
• Post general ledger journals and complete balance-sheet and income-statement reconciliations, including bank, VAT, CIT, and other tax accounts.
• Review accounts payable invoices, raise accounts receivable recharge invoices, and prepare OneStream reconciliations under US GAAP.
• Coordinate statutory financial statements, VAT, CIT, regulatory returns, audit files, and related payments with external accountants and internal teams.
• Support quarterly and annual budgeting, re-forecasting, cash requests, variance analysis, and Office of National Statistics surveys.
• Assist senior team members with projects such as setting up entities, opening or closing bank accounts, and preparing financial projections.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or part-qualified CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of accounting experience in a similar position.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, UK GAAP, and IFRS, with the ability to understand differences between local GAAP requirements.
• Experience with general ledger or financial systems and strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Strong communication, coordination, organizational, analytical, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment and transact business across multiple countries and currencies.

Nice to have

• Experience in the financial services sector.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position supporting EMEA accounting operations.
• Work involves collaboration with US Corporate Accounting, Tax, Equity, AP, EMEA Office Managers, and external accounting firms.
• Opportunity to develop expertise across multiple accounting standards, countries, and currencies.