Finance Assistant

Company: Russell Tobin
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Location: London
Job Description:

Canary Wharf, London | 3 days per week onsite

About the Role

We’re looking for a Finance Assistant to join a well-established international financial services organisation within its Finance & Operations function.

This is a hands-on accounting control and reporting role, ideal for someone with banking experience and a strong understanding of reconciliations, General Ledger accounting and financial controls.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform General Ledger and inventory reconciliations
  • Monitor and investigate Nostro and suspense accounts
  • Follow up on unidentified and legacy customer balances
  • Review previous-day P&L and suspense accounting entries
  • Investigate failed accounting entries and unmatched transactions
  • Monitor FX positions and movements
  • Support intrabranch deal netting and loan-sale activity
  • Support month-end accounting, accruals and adjustments
  • Assist with management information and financial reporting
  • Support financial statement and operational risk reporting
  • Liaise with internal and external auditors and maintain audit trails

What We’re Looking For

  • Previous banking experience – MUST HAVE
  • 1–3 years’ experience in financial control, reconciliations, GL accounting or a similar finance function
  • Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and General Ledger accounting
  • Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and Pivot Tables
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability
  • ACCA qualified or part-qualified
  • Experience with Nostro, suspense and control accounts
  • Understanding of FX accounting/foreign currency positions
  • Spanish-speaking – highly desirable, but not essential

If you have a banking background and are either ACCA qualified or studying towards ACCA, we’d be very interested in hearing from you.

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Posted: October 2nd, 2026