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This Accountant for a rapidly growing Investment Bank paying £60,000 to £65,000 depending on experience with a Discretionary bonus, based in Heart of the West End. Role As an Accountant, you will work closely with the Financial Controller who is all about internal growth and development. Please find a brief outline of the role below: Maintenance of accounting records across a broad range of revenue, expense, and balance sheet categories, including preparation of accruals, US GAAP to IFRS adjustments, lease accounting, prepayments management and fixed asset register maintenanceSupporting monthly results analysis and reporting to managementPreparation and collation of support for all balances and disclosures related to financial statements, including balance sheet substantiationResearching accounting treatments and preparing accounting policy papers, research of technical accounting and disclosure queries, drafting papers to explain treatment, ensure compliance with accounting standards and local regulationsSupporting the preparation of forecasts, including capital and liquidity planning, and stress- testing for our regulated entitiesDocumentation of control weaknesses and areas of improvement, providing timely recommendations for improvementCompletion of and monitoring of delivery against detailed plans, provision of regular updates and early identification of expected delays, with appropriate escalationAssist with other ad-hoc projects as required; proposing changes, designing test plans and ensure smooth implementation of new functionality Profile The Accountant for this Investment Bank Firm is ideally for the below A newly Qualified Top 6 audit trained accountant (ACA)Audited financial services- ideally (investment banks, banking capital markets) <st