Finance Analyst (Fixed Term Contract)
- Recruiter
- Legal and General
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 11 Sep 2020
- Closes
- 25 Sep 2020
- Ref
- VN-17793
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Legal
- Experience level
- Part qualified
- Job Intro
- Daily Actions: Review and approve journals for posting to the Oracle accounting system as part of statutory financial or regulatory reporting period end close, in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
- Reconciliations: Responsible for financial or box reconciliations, including the investigation and clearance of outstanding items, as per deadlines mandated in the Accounting Operations timetable, ensuring the reasons for reconciling items are clearly and concisely explained.
- Financial Reporting: Contribute to the accurate and timely preparation of the monthly financial / management accounts, related revenue, balance sheet, tax or other regulatory returns in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
- Management Information: Assist and deliver analytical support and management information to various business units, as well as ad hoc requests from Accounting Operations management.
- Financial Controls: Adhere to robust financial controls in compliance with Group Standards, statutory and regulatory requirements and the risk and control framework. Maintain procedure notes, ensuring they are up to date and fit for purpose. Assist internal or external auditors as and when required.
- Process Reviews: Responsible for identifying and resolving issues and errors found in Accounting Operations processes, as well as for identifying opportunities for process improvement, adding and maintaining them on the continuous improvement log and progressing them through to execution.
- Teamwork: Provide cross training within the team.
- Projects: Assist with the maintenance, development and integration of relevant systems and support the team with projects, in particular testing, as and when required.
- Treating Customer Fairly: Ensure that the appropriate Finance MI, process and systems are in place to provide support to the product divisions so that customers are treated fairly in line with Legal & General's Customer Experience and TCF policy.
- Qualified or studying towards Accountancy qualification.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Experience of working on a core accounting system and performing ledger postings and reconciliations.
- Experience of using, extracting and reporting data from accounting and other office based administration systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff throughout the business and prepared to actively participate in meetings. The ability to listen to others and challenge to ensure understanding of their viewpoint.
- Attention to detail and able to work accurately to tight deadlines. Performs inbuilt reconciliations and can identify errors in outputs.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills, with an ability to identify process improvement opportunities.
- Able to work independently or as part of a team, while planning and prioritising tasks.
- Proactively seeks solutions to problems and escalates concerns and challenges existing processes and suggest improvements.
- Clarifies objectives, aims and timescales to deliver the required outcome. Can prioritise workloads effectively and obtain relevant information to assist in decision-making.
- Builds and develops strong relationships with peers and within the Accounting Ops leadership team, as well as acting as a valued business partner to other parts of the business.
We are recruiting for an exciting new role within our Finance team for a qualified or part qualified Accountant.
The Finance Analyst will provide analytical support and management information to business partners, review and approve daily and monthly Accounting Operations transactions and take responsibility for reconciliations
You will also assist with the preparation of financial ledgers and trial balances from which statutory financial accounts, tax and other regulatory returns can be produced.
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Benefits
Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days' holiday, an annual supplement for private medical insurance, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.
Please note that this role is based in Cardiff, however you will be working from home until further notice.
For more information, please contact Rachel Chima, Resourcing Consultant - rachel.chima@landg.com.
Company Info
As a company, to be one of the world's largest Asset Managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurances brands, we are diverse by our very nature. And we're a company that wants to use our diversity and influence to make society better in the long term - for everyone. To do this we need to be a company that welcomes everyone, where everyone can succeed. That means we're committed to building an inclusive culture in L&G where we can all perform at our best, no matter who we are, what we do or where we do it. So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
Department Info
From HR and Digital teams through to Group Finance, Risk and Corporate Comms - our Group function support our businesses across the UK and abroad. Delivering essential services and activities that have a real impact on our business and our customers lives, we enable our people to do what they do best, contributing to delivering a great customer service, profitability and strategic growth.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or age .
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