Financial Reconciliation Analyst (FTC) in Milton Keynes

We are looking for someone to join our F&C team on a 12-mth fixed-term contract to deliver high-quality account reconciliations, investigate variances and support accurate financial reporting.

This role is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and validity of the company’s financial records. You will maintain the integrity of the general ledger by performing regular substantiation of all balance sheet accounts, investigating discrepancies, providing month end support and ensuring compliance with IFRS/GAAP standards.

You can do this with full focus on:

• Monthly Substantiation: Perform and review monthly reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts, including Cash/Bank, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Fixed Assets, Accruals, and Prepayments.
• Investigation & Resolution: Identify, investigate, and resolve reconciling items and variances by collaborating with stakeholders across the business.
• Audit Support: Prepare robust documentation and audit trails for internal and external auditors, ensuring all balances are adequately explained and supported.
• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in current workflows and lead initiatives to streamline reconciliation including ongoing ERP improvement testing.
• Month End Controlling Support: Support Controlling Team with Month End postings, income analysis and trend checks, assist with variance analysis and Credit Risk / Aged Debt reporting.
• Lease Termination reconciliation & Internal Controls Testing: Support with detailed lease termination income reconciliation/analysis, and assist with existing Internal Controls tests on revenue.
• External Statistical Reporting: Completion & submission of the Office of National Statistics quarterly reporting of Income/Expenditure and Assets/Liabilities.

What can you bring with you as a Financial Reconciliation Analyst? Above all, your proactive attitude, willingness to take ownership and resolve challenges to an acceptable conclusion within pre-determined timeframes. You will also have excellent attention to detail, highly analytical and ability to solving financial challenges. In addition:

• Qualified Accountant, with a minimum of 3 years financial management experience, ideally gained within the finance industry.
• Proven track record in managing high-volume data and identifying/clearing aged reconciling items.
• Audit and statutory accounting experience with strong knowledge on accounting Standards.
• Proactive attitude, willing to take ownership of problems and resolve them to a satisfactory conclusion within pre-determined timeframes.
• The ability to ask the “right” (problem/solution focused) question.

As a Financial Reconciliation Analyst, based on 37.5 hours per week, you can count on a:

• Potential bonus up to 10% of your annual salary.
• Access to the Employee LPS and CCS car scheme.
• Company Car Scheme (NELS) allowing 2 further cars after successful probationary period.
• 8% Pension scheme (employee 4% + employer 4%).
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service.
• Additional annual leave purchase (maximum 30 days total annual entitlement).
• Hybrid working policy after successful probationary period.
• ‘Bring in a Friend’ Referral Scheme worth £1k.
• Reward & Recognition Awards.
• Flexible ‘benefits bank’ allowance to spend on a range of benefits including gym membership, dental insurance, cycle to work and many more.
• Private Medical Insurance and Virtual GP.
• Expensed eyecare.
• Nudge – a free financial wellbeing platform.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• OpenUP Wellbeing for Mental Health.
• Length of Service Loyalty Awards.
• A modern and relaxed working environment in a brand new furnished office that is fully adapted to hybrid working.
• Regular company events, often combined with a fun-filled activity.
• Perks at Work (you can save a lot of money thanks to nice discounts on fashion, electronics, days out and more).
• Costco Membership paid for the first year.
• Social involvement is important to us, therefore, you can spend one day volunteering for a registered charity and receive up to £250 as part of our Matched Giving Scheme.

Your application procedure looks like this:

• We will contact you for an informal conversation over the phone.
• Are we both excited? Then we will follow up with an in-person introduction meeting.
• We will inform you if an online assessment and/or assignment is part of the selection procedure.
• During the second in-person conversation, we will talk more extensively about the content of the function.
• Do we have a match? Then you will receive the proposal with the terms of employment in your inbox.

Please be assured that we are here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them.