Senior Accountant- 1 year FTC

Responsibilities

• Financial Close & Reporting
• Deliver timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end close in accordance with group deadlines
• Prepare and post journal entries (accruals, prepayments, intercompany, payroll-related entries)
• Produce balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
• Perform P&L and balance sheet variance analysis, including front office cost analysis
• Prepare management reporting and financial insights for key stakeholders
• Support audit processes, tax reporting, and financial compliance requirements
• Ensure adherence to IFRS, group accounting policies, and internal control frameworks
• Broker Compensation & Payroll Accounting
• Calculate and manage performance-based broker compensation (accruals and actual payouts)
• Review and interpret broker contracts and compensation structures
• Maintain and update compensation models, calculations, and data tables
• Determine and communicate bonus allocations, deferrals, and final payouts
• Post and reconcile compensation-related accruals and payroll balance sheet accounts
• Partner with Front Office, HR, Payroll, and senior stakeholders on compensation matters
• Controls, Reconciliation & Risk Management
• Maintain strong financial controls across close and compensation processes
• Reconcile intercompany balances and compensation-related accounts
• Ensure all processes are aligned with risk, audit, and compliance frameworks
• Identify and mitigate process risks and control gaps
• Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering
• Partner with Desk Heads, Finance teams, HR, and senior leadership
• Provide clear communication on financial results and compensation outcomes
• Collaborate with global teams to ensure consistency and best practices
• Process Improvement & Transformation
• Drive automation and process improvements (e.g. Alteryx, reporting tools)
• Support migration to standardised global operating models
• Enhance data quality, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities
• Experience / Competences
• Essential
• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience in financial close, reporting, and reconciliations
• Strong understanding of accruals, journals, and financial controls
• Ability to manage large data sets and complex calculations
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong time management and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency
• Desired
• Experience in broker compensation, bonus structures, or payroll accounting
• Knowledge of financial systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP, OneStream, Alteryx)
• Experience in audit support and regulatory reporting
• Exposure to process improvement, automation, or transformation initiatives
• Job Band & Level: Professional / 5
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Additional Information

Group Overview: The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. Role Overview: This role sits within Finance and combines responsibilities across broker compensation accounting and financial close & reporting. The position is responsible for delivering accurate compensation calculations, maintaining strong financial controls, and producing timely management and statutory reporting. The role will support both monthly close processes and performance-based compensation activities, while driving improvements through automation, standardisation, and enhanced analytics.

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