Job Description
Who we are
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Monex Europe Limited is a corporate FX and hedging provider based in the City of London, and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as a payments services firm.
Monex Europe Limited is part of the wider financial services group, Monex SAB de CV (“Monex”), an investment grade, publicly listed financial services institution. A specialist in commercial foreign exchange, the group services more than 70,200 clients worldwide. Monex’s team of experienced and professional FX specialists provide local support to corporate and institutional clients in each region of the world.
The continued growth and development of Monex Europe and the group makes it an exciting time to join the company.
Job overview
The Finance Assistant willwork closely with the management accountants to learn all aspects of financial management across assigned entities. Under supervision and guidance complete the following tasks, taking on responsibility for smaller entities where appropriate.
Financial Reporting and Control
- Assist to prepare monthly management accounts;
- Assist to ensure the management accounts are compliant with country/regional regulations;
- Assist to Finance team to agree inter-company reconciliations;
- Attend a month end meeting and discuss any issues with the monthly management accounts or reconciliations and work with the team to resolve any queries and agree how to close;
- Assist with prepayments and loans;
- Assist to prepare local payroll in line and final payment;
- Assist to prepare monthly reports for the local teams and ad hoc reports as and when required;
- Assist to prepare year end statutory accounts;
- Assist to prepare information for internal and external audits.
Tax and Compliance
- Assist to prepare tax returns;
- Assist to complete reconciliation of tax information;
- Assist to ensure tax is processed in line with regional requirement;
- Assist to ensure manuals and procedures are kept up to date with any change in regional requirements or regulations;
- Assist clear controls in place and followed to reduce errors.
Strategic Planning and Financial Planning & Analysis
- Assist to maintain controls to minimise risks;
- Assist to prepare variance analysis of financial reports as requested.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Assist to prepare any information required to support with forecasting and budgets.
General
- Assist Project work;
- Other tasks as and when required to support the Finance team;
- Maintain up to date knowledge and identify learning opportunities.
Requirements
- Educated to Graduate-level or able to demonstrate equivalent relevant experience;
- Accounting knowledge;
- Ability to learn new tasks and procedures quickly;
- Good demonstrable knowledge of UK financial Regulations etc.;
- Ability to analyse complicated data;
- Exceptional attention to detail;
- Good command in Microsoft Office (Work, Excel, PowerPoint);
- High standard of oral & written English is mandatory;
- Fluency in other European languages is desirable.
What we offer
- Competitive salary;
- Attractive benefits package including gym access, private health insurance and pension plan;
- Potential to be sponsored for Accounting Qualification
- Participation in the Monex Discretionary Bonus Scheme;
- 24 days´ annual holiday (+bank holidays);
- A great and very international working environment;
- Excellent and genuine career progression.