Job Description

This role will report directly to the Head of Operational Control and will be responsible for expense accounting in support of the month end process for Legal entity Controllers and Business Partnering. This extends to ensuring that a robust control environment and clear process documentation is maintained to validate expense data (including payroll), support key financial outcomes and cross training initiatives.

This role will also be encouraged to support and where required lead team and group wide projects and work collaboratively across the team, wider finance function and external business areas to deliver insight and support business decision making.

Key Outcomes / Responsibilities:

• Expense accounting - Support Legal entity controllers and Business partners as part of the expense close:
• Work collaboratively with Business partners, Finance operations and Reporting & Controlling teams as part of the expenses process, including payroll
• Collection and provision of financial information to relevant Finance Business Partners on expenses to advise accruals and prepayments
• Journal processing of expenses for payroll / bonus, accruals and prepayments
• Support the relevant legal entity controllers with cost analysis as part of Balance sheet reconciliation
• Ongoing functional and legal entity cost analysis
• Payroll Accounting – Posting of monthly payroll / bonus journals including reconciliation to ensure accuracy
• Month end and quarter end reporting – Support wider financial reporting and provide insight on expense movements at a functional and legal entity level, including reconciliations. This includes working collaboratively across the finance function and beyond to understand key movements.
• Projects – Where required support and lead on team and group wider projects to support the strategic direction of the finance function.
• Processes & control – Prepare and maintain key process documentation for reporting processes and ensure robust controls are in place to support key reporting outcomes. This includes reporting reconciliations and ensuring processes are continuously challenged to deliver efficiencies and value across the finance function.
• Partner engagement – Working collaboratively with peers across the finance function and wider business areas to deliver business insight and contribute to an outstanding finance function.
• Learning & development – Taking responsibility for developing both technical and softer skills to ensure continuous personal development and deliver insight and value across the finance function.

Our Benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around, including 40 days annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary, performance based bonus, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount site amongst many others. You can read more about our benefits here.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Financial services experience preferable but not crucial. Takes personal accountability for high quality outputs and timely delivery. Self-starter who is willing to learn and tackle new challenges. Commercial acumen and ability to challenge trends and form expectations. Credibility with partners (Communication and confidence). Ability to work effectively as part of a team to encourage, share and listen to ideas. Organizational skills with an ability to priorities work and manage expectations. Problem solver who is willing to challenge and deliver value adding outcomes. Strong IT / analytical skills (Word, excel, systems experience preferable). Oracle and HFM skills preferable but not crucial.