Job Description

In this exciting first career step, you’ll gain insight into several areas of internal reporting over a three-year fixed term contract. As well as providing study support for a professional qualification, we will equip you with the skills to take on various responsibilities, including preparation, reporting and commentary on areas of cost base for the Group. Bringing enthusiasm, curiosity, and a desire to learn, you’ll be a key part of this business-facing team. In addition, you’ll input into the monthly management accounts, and will be coached to use a range of data and tools to build dashboards and reporting to various business stakeholders to assist in business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Business partnering with Finance and HR departments, providing support and insight behind the numbers
• Posting of month end journals including prepayments and accruals
• Completion of relevant balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting the Management Accountant and Senior Finance Manager when preparing month end reporting packs and ad-hoc analysis
• Assisting with the audit process: providing support and responding to relevant queries
• Involved in budgeting process, assisting the Management Accountant where required
• Ad-hoc project work as and when the business need arises

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A 2:1 or above degree graduate, preferably within an Accountancy/Finance related course, or hold equivalent commercial experience
• Keen to gain an accounting qualification, with potential for rotation across other areas of the finance team
• Passionate and committed
• Keen to work in a growing, dynamic, and fast paced company
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Confident in both written and verbal communication
• Able to build relationships and utilize them both within the wider Finance team and across the business
• Well organized and able to manage/priorities own workload and meet deadlines
• Analytically minded, able to investigate the detail but also consider the bigger picture
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team