Financial Reporting Accountant

About Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses. We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,300 people working together. Our capability is diverse with more than 550 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements.

Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our enterprise businesses — Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and River Source Insurance and Annuities.

As part of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments asset management group, your role supports the preparation of statutory accounts, regulatory and statistical submissions, and financial board reporting for a defined set of legal entities across EMEA and APAC. You will be primarily responsible for producing deliverables and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulatory frameworks. This supports statutory compliance, board reporting and regulatory obligations across an international legal structure.

• Prepare annual statutory financial statements for a defined subset of Group entities.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, UK GAAP, and applicable overseas GAAP.
• Manage the end-to-end reporting process, including documentation, audit support, and timely submission.
• Liaise directly with external auditors to provide required information and respond to queries.

• Prepare UK and overseas regulatory and statistical submissions for assigned Group entities.
• Support overseas regulatory reporting processes by acting as a knowledgeable backup for EMEA and APAC entities.
• Perform analytical reviews to explain movements and ensure accuracy.

• Prepare quarterly financial board packs for assigned entities, including commentary and analysis.
• Collaborate with the Company Secretarial team to ensure timely delivery and coverage of key controllership topics.
• Draft board papers summarizing key points from statutory accounts for board approval.

• Complete SOX-compliant balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring proper documentation and aging of items.
• Help maintain and improve key business processes, ensuring efficiency and control.
• Identify and propose process enhancements or risk mitigation strategies.

• Collaborate with other Controllership team members and business units on relevant processes.
• Participate in business-as-usual activities and manage personal workload to meet deadlines.
• Contribute to Controllership-related projects, ensuring deliverables align with team objectives.
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, external auditors and overseas finance teams.

• Ideally candidates will be ACA or ACCA qualified, although ACA or ACCA part qualified and MAAT qualified candidates with relevant experience will also be considered.
• In addition to a sound understanding of IFRS, UK GAAP and regulatory frameworks, a working knowledge of US GAAP would be helpful in discussions with parent company Finance department.
• Experience preparing financial statements and regulatory submissions.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• A flexible attitude to work and can work well in a multi-tasking environment;
  The ability to manage multiple deliverables under tight deadlines.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• Good Excel/Word reporting skills.

• Self-starter with a positive attitude;
  Sets high personal goals and strives for continual improvement;
• Experience with financial reporting or accounting systems, such as Workday or ONESOURCE.
• Familiarity with productivity, automation or analytics tools such as Copilot, Power…