Greg Beaton

Vice President, Investment Accounting @BlackRock

Edinburgh, GB

Location lead on >$100bn treasury client portfolio, responsible for ensuring accuracy of the accounting reports and designing controls to deal with new products as they are used. Estimating work required to completing tasks and ensuring this is accurately factored when quoting fees for clients.Technology Liaison lead between the business and technology teams. Facilitating releases/upgrades and working with all stakeholders to avoid downtime clashes.Reviewing US GAAP and IFRS compliant accounting reports.Building out and improving existing control process for multiple issues – General Ledger reconciliations, derivatives and interest.Acting as the cross-over between the Asia-Pacific teams and North American to ensure work is delivered on time and any problems are passed over to the current live time zone.

ACCA

Chartered Accountant, Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Financial & Management Accounting and Business Analysis

The University of Glasgow

B.Acc (Hons), Accounting and Finance