Specialist - Accounting Operations

Specialist Accounting Operations - Witham
Are you a Finance professional looking for a new opportunity working for a global organisation that offers immediate responsibility and development opportunities? Do you have a strong academic background and a meticulous eye for detail? Are you looking to utilise the experience you have gained in balancing multiple deliverables whilst satisfying a strict control environment by retaining the highest standards of governance? If you have answered yes to the above, then this could be the role for you.

What can you expect?

A great opportunity at Marsh & McLennan Companies for a Specialist Accounting Operations to join our business and support the continued growth of our Global Intercompany Accounting Operations team. Based in Witham, Essex, but part of a global team, the support this position provides will be vital in maintaining and developing the track record of success MMC has in ensuring all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met.

What’s in it for you?

A competitive starting salary plus a comprehensive benefits package to include; generous pension scheme, employee assistance programme, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and a number of other programmes.

MMC also offers a flexible benefit scheme to allow you to select benefits that are most appropriate for your lifestyle and personal circumstances.  For example, these include options to buy additional days’ holiday, dental, travel and personal accident insurance, together with a number of staff discounts available in the retail and leisure sectors, such as discounted gym membership.

We will count on you to:

• Produce and maintain daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports used to direct focus and manage the Intercompany positions
• Carry out Balance Sheet exception reporting and perform checks prior to issuing
• Preparation and review of quarterly reporting schedules for Intercompany and Dividends
• Complete review and sign off of reconciliations assigned
• Ensure all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met
• To play a lead role in the continuous improvement of business processes and expansion of our global processes
• Maintain the team’s working files, including formulas, macros and PowerBi dashboards
• Record and monitor new tasks through change control process
• Assist with other ad-hoc tasks, projects and initiatives as required
• Assist Internal and External auditors as directed
• Journal review and approvals for Global team requests
• Stakeholder engagement with onshore and offshore teams globally, including senior management, controllership, tax and treasury

What you need to have: 

• Advanced Excel particularly experience of working with Macros including VBA
• Highly developed numerical and analytical skills
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to interact with both clients and colleagues within a fast moving professional team environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application

What makes you stand out:

• Previous experience within a similar environment
• Hold or are working towards an Accounting qualification