Trainee Accountant (12-month fixed term)

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for assisting the Management Accounting Manager to ensure that all tasks are completed in a a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure all reconciliations are prepared, reviewed and actions within agreed timescales for The Carlyle Trust Limited and its subsidiaries, including Julian Hodge Bank Limited. Ensure a record of all month end reconciliations are completed and ready for review by management including uploading to Jira for approval.
• Assist in the preparation of all management reports.
• Assist in ensuring that all operational reconciliations are maintained and reviewed at least monthly with an explanation for all reconciling items.
• Assist with Treasury back-office processing ensuring both controls and segregation of duties are maintained.
• Assist with the production and review the financial information supplied to third parties under the Bank’s third-party servicing arrangements.
• Complete and process supplier payment runs, expenses payments and commission payments run within agreed timescales. Including supplier record updates under the approved change process.
• Establish, maintain, and review operating policies and job cards (systems of internal control) to ensure that they are sufficiently robust to adequately safeguard the Group’s assets and where weaknesses are identifying ensure remedial action is taken in a timely manner.
• Understand the output of the department, putting in place controls and reconciliations to ensure accounting discrepancies are identified and take ownership of issues through to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Support the risk culture of the organisation by taking personal responsibility for identifying and managing risks in everything you do.
• Support with relevant project work when required ensuring tasks are followed through to an acceptable finish.
• Ensure company policies and procedures are always adhered to.
• Undertake any other reasonable tasks as and when requested by the Management Accounting Manager or Group Financial Controller.

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

ESG and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do and serves as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our stakeholders, customers, colleagues and the communities we operate in to use our position wisely. We’re currently exploring different certifications available and have done an initial review of how we think we’d fare, as we see this as a real opportunity for Hodge given our social purpose.