Senior Financial & Regulatory Reporting Accountant - Fixed Term Contract

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Financial & Regulatory Reporting team at Marsh. This role will be based in the UK. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Working within a centralised Financial & Regulatory Reporting Team responsible for the timely and accurate production of annual financial statements, regulatory reports and returns and other local GAAP reporting. The candidate will have opportunities to work with UKGAAP, IFRS and USGAAP and will be involved in the production of financial statements and audit of companies within the Marsh Group. The candidate may be involved in ongoing projects in the team. This opportunity would suit a candidate with a good understanding of GAAP requirements, and of local GAAP reporting including statutory and regulatory. The candidate should also enjoy working as part of a motivated and committed team and gain satisfaction from delivering accurate results in a fast paced environment.

We will count on you to:

• Ensure the annual financial statements and regulatory submissions for the Group's UK subsidiary companies are accurate, compliant with relevant GAAP and delivered in a timely manner.
• Take responsibility for the production of allocated financial statements and assist with the audit process.
• Calculate and assist in the calculation of specific disclosures and support financial statement items.
• Ensure financial statements produced are GAAP and Company Law compliant including drafting of specific/non-routine notes to the accounts, e.g., disposals, acquisitions, FRED 82 implementation, and business transfers.
• Liaise with external auditors during the course of their annual audit, support the audit team, and manage queries.
• Prepare Board papers to accompany financial statements when presented to the Board of Directors.
• Own regulatory reporting, including stand-alone and consolidated returns to the Financial Conduct Authority as allocated.
• Produce all other local GAAP information for allocated entities, including Office for National Statistics returns and quarterly board reporting.
• Calculate and post adjustments to convert primary US GAAP ledger numbers to UK GAAP equivalents for local reporting.
• Participate in team projects including system and reporting enhancement and new requirements.

What you need to have:

• Experience of financial statement preparation and regulatory reporting.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and deliver results to short timescales.
• Ability to maintain clear lines of communication with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Accuracy with good attention to detail and ability to check work of self and others.
• Flexible and team player - develops close partnerships with onshore and offshore colleagues.
• Good Excel and Word skills.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience in audit practice or managing audits.
• Understanding of Oracle Financials.

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities. Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.