Legal Entity Controller - 12 month contract (VN2166)
1 day ago
Colchester
About Marex Marex Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas. For more information visit Role Summary The purpose of this role is to be a key member of the existing Legal Entity Control (LEC) team and ensure the integrity of the Group and entity financial information. Whilst the role would cover and support all aspects of finance that falls under the LEC Team. The Legal Entity Control team work on a range of projects as well as management and statutory reporting and control. The team is charged with ensuring the firm meets the financial reporting and control obligations of a global regulated group. Responsibilities: The major deliverables of the Legal Entity Control team are: • Preparation of annual financial statements for a number of entities under various accounting standards (IFRS, US GAAP, Singapore GAAP, Hong Kong GAAP and Norwegian GAAP);, • Prepare monthly analytical review on legal entity income statement and balance sheet;, • Managing the month end process to Group reporting deadlines;, • Preparation of monthly management reports;, • Preparation of monthly transfer pricing calculations and subsequent reporting;, • Preparation, review and challenge of balance sheet reconciliations;, • Manage ad-hoc inquiries from external auditors;, • Involvement in developing and enhancing existing processes;, • Integration of new acquisitions into the monthly reporting cycle;, • Strong analytical skill – You demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving with the ability to exercise sound and balanced judgment in a highly regulated environment, • Functional expertise - Enjoy keeping up-to-date with emerging business, economic, and market trends, • Strong technical accounting skills – You demonstrate strong technical skills, pay attention to detail, take initiative to broaden your knowledge and resolve accounting issues, • Personal drive and motivation - Successfully handle multiple tasks, take initiative to improve your own performance, work intensely towards challenging goals, • A client and business focus - Effectively handle difficult requests, build trusting, long-term relationships with clients, help the client to identify/define needs and manages client/business expectations, • Big 4 audit background is preferred but not essential, • Experience in preparation of audited financial statements under UK GAAP or IFRS is an advantage, • Group Management accounting and reconciliation experience (transfer pricing / intercompany / cross charging etc), • A track record of improving processes and adding value to clients/stakeholders, • Strong analytical, organization and documentation skills, • Strong verbal and written communication skills, • Strong Microsoft Excel, • Act with integrity, • Act with due skill, care and diligence, • Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators, • Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly, • Observe proper standard of market conduct