Job description
Job Title: Senior Group Accountant – Associate Director
Location: London, St Pauls
Department: Finance
Reporting to: Head of Finance, Director
ICG Summary
ICG (Intermediate Capital Group) is a FTSE-listed, FCA-regulated alternative asset manager creating sustainable value by partnering with ambitious businesses. We have over 30 years' history and today we manage $68.5bn of assets and invest across the capital structure. The firm employs 575 people in 15 countries around the world and is well positioned for growth and benefits from the long-term trend of increased demand for alternative investments.
To make the most of your career at ICG, you will be inquisitive, self-motivated, engaged, collaborative and agile. ICG is a place where we are all dedicated to achieving common goals.
Our teams describe ICG as ambitious, collaborative, empowered, entrepreneurial, professional and acting with integrity. We translated these attributes into a core set of values and, together with our purpose, this represents who we are today and whom we aspire to be tomorrow.
For three decades we have been constantly striving for excellence in all aspects of our business. Whether that is through the people who join us, how we support and develop them throughout their career, and the culture we create and live in. It is also evident in the role we play in society through the investments we make, our charity work and what we stand for.
We relentlessly pursue our ambition to provide an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has plenty of opportunities to contribute, succeed and be themselves.
Position Summary
The Senior Group Accountant is a member of the Group Financial Control team, reporting to the Group Financial Controller. The Group Financial Control team are responsible for the internal and external financial and regulatory reporting prepared for the Board, Shareholders and regulators of the ICG Group. This includes, but is not limited to, the quarterly financial statements, monthly management reports and regulatory returns. In addition, the team supports management and the wider business in assessing the impact of accounting and business developments.
The individual will actively support the Group Financial Controller in building and ensuring the Financial Control function operates to the highest level of quality, delivering timely and accurate financials and management information to its key internal and external stakeholders. The individual will also be expected to lead the implementation on several key projects, drive efficiencies within finance and build a solid scalable infrastructure on which to support a fast-growing business.
Primary Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Lead and deliver on several key finance and wider ICG Group projects.
- Deliver timely and accurate internal and external financial, regulatory and management information for the areas within role responsibility.
- Deliver timely and accurate monthly cost reporting to all business units.
- Deliver timely and accurate quarterly business unit dashboards.
- Deliver timely and accurate statutory reporting for the Group and subsidiary entities.
- Review monthly management accounts and monitor regulatory requirements for ICG regulated entities.
- Ensure a robust control environment underpins the reporting deliverables.
- Ensure the appropriate accounting treatment for all aspects within role responsibility.
- Manage and support the growth of other team members.
- Build and maintain a strong working relationship with all internal and external stakeholders.
Key Requirements/ Qualifications
You will have demonstrable experience of:
- Extensive PQE in either/and: Financial Reporting, Financial Regulatory Reporting or Financial Control.
- Qualified Accountant– ACA or equivalent.
- Past Organisations: Publicly listed organisations, Asset Managers, PE & Venture Capital, Other Financial Services and / or Tier I Consulting/Professional Services firms
ICG will provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment. No employee will be discriminated against in hiring or employment because of race, colour, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ancestry, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.