Job Description

Are you looking to develop a career in Finance within one of the world’s largest Research Organisations?

This role sits within the Corporate Finance Team and will assist the production of financial information for UK based companies with a combined turnover of over £200m and with over 1,500 employees. With an enviable portfolio of national and global clients we are well placed to operate at the heart of business.

The role…

This will be an interesting and varied role supporting the Senior Financial Accountant and wider UK team to:-

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and Group reporting
• Assist in the preparation of statutory accounts for all UK companies
• Maintenance of fixed assets register
• Preparation of balance sheet accounts reconciliation
• Posting of payroll journals and analysis
• Month end accruals and prepayments
• Assist in intercompany reconciliation process
• Provide information and analysis to CFO, Director Finance, other senior members of the finance team and internal clients on finance related issues

About you…

To be a successful in this role you will need the following skills and experience:

• Part qualified (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with experience in financial and management accounting
• Experience of working in a commercial environment
• Good knowledge of excel (V Lookups and Pivot Tables)
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and meet aggressive deadlines
• High level of drive and initiative
• Must be able to get on with people
• Need to be proactive and hands on

About us…

We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 countries, we bring together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research.

Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.

If this is what you are looking for from your next role, we look forward to hearing from you!

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Part qualified (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with experience in financial and management accounting • Experience of working in a commercial environment • Good knowledge of excel (V Lookups and Pivot Tables) • Good communication skills • Ability to work independently • Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and meet aggressive deadlines • High level of drive and initiative • Must be able to get on with people • Need to be proactive and hands on