Assistant Financial Controller, IG Group
3+ days a week in office
The UK's No.1 trading provider
Posted today
The UK's No.1 trading provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We challenge anything that holds investors back.
Role
Who you are
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with at least 2 years of post-qualification experience
- Demonstrable experience in a financial control, reporting, or statutory accounting role, ideally within financial services or another regulated industry
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including practical experience with IFRS and FRS 101 financial statement preparation
- Experience working with external auditors, with the confidence to manage queries and explain technical positions clearly
- Familiarity with regulatory reporting in a financial services context (e.g. CASS, MIFIDPRU, ICARA, or similar frameworks) is desirable
- Excel skills and experience with SUN and/or HFM would be advantageous
- Excellent attention to detail combined with the ability to work at pace and manage competing deadlines during peak periods such as month-end and year-end
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across teams
What the job involves
- The Group Finance department within IG is a team of global professional accountants who are independent thinkers
- We support the business's growth through our commitment to the highest standard of financial data accuracy delivered via best practice governance and controls
- We deliver this by exercising our accounting and financial knowledge to support stakeholders in making better informed decisions through strategic insights, whilst adhering to a high standard of conduct through our professional integrity
- This role will be part of the UK Financial Control team, reporting to the UK Financial Controller. The UK Financial Control team are key to achieving a robust financial control environment to ensure safeguarding of company and client assets, and accuracy and completeness of financial and regulatory reporting
- The UK Financial Control team is responsible for the financial integrity of IG Group's UK-regulated entities. The most prominent entities are IG Markets Limited, IG Index Limited, IG Trading and Investments Limited and IG Digital Assets Limited
- We deliver accurate, timely financial reporting, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and act as a trusted partner to the wider Finance function and the business. It's a team where technical excellence, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities really matter
- Responsibility for the day-to-day review of financial records and supporting the oversight of the systems, processes, and controls over financial reporting for UK legal entities
- Identify, escalate, and support the resolution of financial control issues through the appropriate channels
- Being a key driver of the month-end close process for the UK entities and providing support for the signing off of the UK entities in HFM in line with the Group timetable, to enable efficient and effective management reporting
- Provide support on the preparation of statutory accounts, financial management packs, regulatory financial reporting and tax reporting (including provision of information for tax returns)
- Coordinate the quarterly intercompany settlement process for the UK entities
- Liaise with the wider finance team and other internal stakeholders in the business to understand Group processes and take responsibility for specific processes as required
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, effectively present ideas and turn them into practical actions
- Participate in ad hoc projects, such as supporting new system implementations and evaluating the financial control implications of business initiatives including preparation of accounting technical papers
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1974 by Stuart Wheeler as a UK-based spread betting company for gold, IG Group, abbreviated from Investors Gold Index, was initially set up to allow people to speculate and trade on the price change of gold without owning physical gold. And in the year 2000, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and its gradual evolution into the world of fintech began.
By 2011, the company had played a part in numerous international buyouts before narrowing its focus down to financial wagers. During the latter half of that decade, IG shut down its binary options trading platform and focused instead on building an investment portfolio with partner BlackRock Investments, all whilst maintaining its Forex and CFD trading processes. Since then, it has become a fast-paced market leader in the investment space.
In recent years, IG Group has developed major platforms for various trading actions and has grown profit and revenue significantly. Alongside this it has acquired a number of companies, including tastytrade and Freetrade, and launched its own crypto product, making it the first UK-listed company to launch crypto trading to retail investors. This further proves how much of a staple IG Group is in the world of financial trading.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Think big
- Deliver at pace
- Raise the bar
- Lead and inspire
- Champion the client
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Breon Corcoran
(Group CEO)Joined IG Group as CEO in January 2024. Prior to this, they were the CEO of WorldRemit and a Non-Executive Director at Tilney Group.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IG Group
- Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture.
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