UKI Finance - General Ledger Associate - Permanent (Newcastle)

UKI Finance - General Ledger Associate

The General Ledger associate is a member of a high performing and mixed rank team led by the UKI Controlling Finance Lead.

In summary, General Ledger associate sits within the UKI Controlling team which helps the business create success by managing risk, mitigating fraud, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and Firm policy, driving quality, consistency, and efficiency across the accounting processes. It does this through:

• providing transactional processing expertise, operational support, advice and insights across several areas including, vendor payables, staff expenses compliance, AMEX administration, accounts receivable and VAT controlling.
• implementing and monitoring appropriate controls
• partnering with offshore teams and holding them accountable for high levels of service delivery.

The opportunity

The General Ledger associate plays a key role in the effective management of the general ledger, identifying and resolving errors that may otherwise result in under/over statement of financial records, thereby allowing the business to support accurate financial reporting to ensure an up to date understanding of the firm’s financial health.

Your key responsibilities

• Reconciliation of balance sheet and bank accounts (identifying and correction/reporting of anomalies)
• Monthly meetings with relevant Heads of Finance to enable the accurate reflection of transactions in the SL/ functional P&L accounts
• Production of the firms Tax packs to enable the EMEIA Tax Team to file the firm’s PSA (PAYE settlement agreement) return and disallowable expenditure for the partnership/corporation tax return.
• Processing payroll costs to record and distribute correct charges to the services lines.

Skills and attributes for success

• The ability to prioritise workload
• Flexibility and willingness to work as part of a team or on their own initiative
• Good eye for detail
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and share knowledge
• Must be numerate and literate
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-discipline
• Good Team working skills

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum two years’ Experience in a similar role in a fast-paced environment
• AAT Foundation Level
• Knowledge of Word and Excel
• Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage
• Used to working in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Desire to thrive in and adapt to a fast changing and high activity environment

What we look for

A bright, enthusiastic individual looking to start their career within an established finance department.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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