Accountant - Client Accounting

Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance

We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.

With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian.

Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise.

Trust: We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.

What's In It For You?

• Competitive salary.
• We are globally hybrid (please check the specifics for this role during interview process).
• Flexible working hours.
• Private Pension Plan fully paid by the company after probation.
• Private medical insurance with Catastrophe cover fully paid by the company.
• Employee recognition program and spot bonuses.

Purpose of the Job

Take the next step in your accounting career by working with a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple jurisdictions. In this role, you'll strengthen your technical accounting expertise while managing increasingly complex financial reporting requirements and supporting the delivery of high-quality client services. You'll gain exposure to financial statements, management accounts, audits and regulatory reporting, while also developing your leadership skills through coaching and supporting junior team members. Working closely with colleagues, auditors and management, you'll contribute to delivering accurate, insightful and timely financial information that helps clients meet their business and regulatory obligations.

Main Responsibilities

• Prepare and review accounting records, reconciliations and financial transactions to support the accurate production of financial statements and management accounts.
• Deliver annual financial statements, management accounts and VAT returns in accordance with applicable accounting standards and client deadlines.
• Support a portfolio of semi-complex clients, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately, efficiently and to a consistently high standard.
• Collaborate with auditors and internal stakeholders to facilitate audit processes and respond to accounting-related queries.
• Review client deliverables and working papers, ensuring compliance with Ocorian standards, procedures and quality requirements.
• Provide guidance, coaching and day-to-day support to Junior and Assistant Accountants, helping to develop technical capability across the team.
• Partner with management and colleagues on client matters, process improvements and ad hoc projects that support business objectives.
• Contribute to the delivery of accounting services across multiple jurisdictions while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality and integrity.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• ACCA or ACA qualified, or degree-qualified in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, with relevant accounting, audit or financial services experience.
• At least 4 years' experience preparing financial statements, management accounts and client reporting within a professional services or financial services environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS; exposure to UK GAAP, private client structures or other accounting frameworks would be advantageous.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to collaborate effectively with clients, auditors and colleagues at all levels.
• Desirable: Experience using Navision, Viewpoint, ValueFinancials or similar accounting systems, together with an interest in mentoring and developing junior team members.

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful. These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC - Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS - We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE - We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE - With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL - We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at [email protected].

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.