Accountant

Overview

Contract Type: 6mth Fixed term contract

Salary Range: £40 - £46k dependant on experience

Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid - 2x week

Closing Date for applications: 17th February

Responsibilities

• Supporting the control and delivery of the monthly close process for the Ageas UK entities, ensuring that all transactions are accurately recorded and that associated balance sheet entries are valid.
• Timely and accurate reporting and reconciliation of the Ageas UK consolidated IFRS balance sheet to Group and senior management on a monthly basis.
• Preparation of first level financial information for various stakeholders within the UK group.
• Critically reviewing monthly close processes and documented procedures to identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, ensuring the controls are updated as appropriate.
• Supporting the team with ad hoc queries, projects and the development of knowledge and understanding within the team.
• Building effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, including Actuarial, Underwriting, Payroll and other parts of Finance.

Skills and experience you need

• Qualified or part qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
• An understanding of the technical aspects of accounting and its application.
• Good Excel skills.
• Experience using Oracle’s E1 (general ledger) and IBM’s Cognos TM1 (reporting tool) desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail, and a core value set that is focused on delivering high quality outputs.
• Excellent numerical skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and interpret financial data, identifying and looking to resolve apparent inconsistencies.
• Strong organisational and planning skills and the ability to prioritise and timetable workflows.

Benefits

• Flexible Working - Smart Working at Ageas, with location flexibility within the UK and part-time/job-share options.
• Minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) with the ability to buy and sell days.
• Health benefits: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities.
• Wealth: 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Well-being and workplace support: well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Family benefits: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay; paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Other: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover, tech deals, car salary exchange, cycle scheme, vehicle breakdown cover, return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. If you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process.

Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Important Notice

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