InvestmentAccountant

Executive Summary Role Title: Investment Accountant Reporting to: Director Team: Investments Shared services Function: Group Finance Contract: Fixed Term (18 months) Location: London **Purpose of this role** This role is a key position within the Investment Shared Services (ISS) team, responsible for ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and integrity of investment accounting data sourced from multiple outsourced service providers. The role-holder will oversee the delivery of high‑quality investment accounting into SAP for IFRS and German GAAP reporting, while supporting data quality improvements for regulatory reporting at both Group and local levels. The role spans BAU and project activity across several international markets, requiring strong communication, analytical capability, and stakeholder management. **Key Contribution Areas** * Deliver robust investment accounting and reporting by overseeing the monthly close, ensuring accurate data flows into SAP, and maintaining strong reconciliation and control standards across IFRS and German GAAP * Enhance investment data quality through systematic review and validation of asset attributes across all major asset classes, ensuring completeness and accuracy for BAU and regulatory reporting * Strengthen oversight of outsourced service providers by monitoring data delivery, challenging discrepancies, and supporting the development of a consistent and effective oversight framework. * Maintain high standards of process governance by ensuring operating procedures, documentation, and control frameworks remain current, comprehensive, and aligned with internal risk expectations * Support with continuous improvement across ISS by identifying inefficiencies, proposing enhancements, and collaborating with internal teams and external providers to implement better ways of working * Embed a strong risk and control culture by proactively identifying risks, supporting remediation actions, and promoting operational discipline across inv