Graduate Finance Associate

Saltus has grown at around 40% per annum throughout its life, and today manages over £11bn in client assets - with plans to reach £20bn over the next three years. We're looking for an ambitious graduate to join our Finance team and help support one of the UK's fastest growing wealth management businesses. This is an opportunity to build a long term career in finance, gaining hands on experience across management accounting, revenue accounting, financial reporting, treasury and business analysis while studying towards a professional qualification with our full support.

You don't need extensive finance experience. We're looking for someone intelligent, curious and motivated who enjoys solving problems, working with numbers and learning new things. If you're keen to develop your skills, take ownership and build a successful career in finance, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Saltus? Our mission is to improve everyone’s relationship with their wealth: to make it a positive force for their future and at the same time to prevent it being a source of anxiety. We want everyone who works at Saltus to be proud to work here, and to find fulfilment and meaning in the work that they do. We are a successful LLP, with a number of offices across England including London, Bath, Newcastle and South Wales. We are incredibly proud of our culture and work really hard to ensure that Saltus is a great place to work for our people, where they can have fun and grow in their career, with a passion for excellence and customer service.

Saltus is an independently owned financial planning and discretionary investment management house. We are dedicated to providing a high-quality service for private clients, trusts, and smaller institutions. Saltus Partners was founded in 2004 and has grown organically and through a small number of carefully integrated acquisitions. Originally the business started out as an investment manager and has now developed the financial planning side of the offering, putting this at the forefront of the client relationship.

The Role and Responsibilities This is a varied role designed to give exposure to multiple areas of finance and help you develop into a qualified accounting professional. You'll be supported by experienced colleagues and will:

• Assist with month end processes.
• Support with income reconciliations and investigate discrepancies, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
• Assist with project work, including revenue related initiatives and process improvements.
• Provide transactional support across Finance, including assisting with the redress process where required.
• Develop knowledge of the organisation's finance systems and processes, becoming proficient in new tools and ways of working.
• Support the Finance team with day-to-day activities across a range of finance functions.

No two days are the same, and you'll have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of activities as your experience grows.

Person specification We're more interested in your potential than your experience but what we're looking for is:

• Degree educated (or due to graduate this year), ideally in a numerate discipline such as Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering or a related subject.
• Have achieved an A or A* in A-Level Mathematics (or equivalent qualification).
• Demonstrate a strong academic track record throughout your education.
• Have an ability to build strong working relationships.
• Naturally analytical, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and solve problems.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate work.
• Curious, proactive and eager to learn.
• A confident communicator who enjoys collaborating with colleagues across the business.
• Motivated to study towards a professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Excited by the opportunity to build a long-term career within a growing business.
• Previous experience gained through an internship, placement year, part-time role or work experience programme.
• Advanced Excel skills or an interest in data analysis.
• Experience working with large datasets.
• An understanding of basic accounting principles.
• An interest in financial services, wealth management or investments.

Where will I be working? We are looking for someone for our Whiteley office, and offer hybrid working, currently 3 days in the office, with the remainder at home. We’re incredibly flexible about when and how you work: we don’t want anyone to be prevented from coming to work for Saltus as a result of the working pattern that they’re looking for. We are passionate about championing flexible working for our people, so if there’s a slightly different working pattern that you’re looking for, then please come and have a chat to us about it!

What benefits do I get when working for Saltus? The salary is between £28,000-£32,000pa depending on experience. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer full professional study support towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA, providing an excellent opportunity to build a long term career within our Finance team.

• 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays).
• Life assurance.
• Income protection.
• A pension.
• Access to our flexible benefits platform.

The role is 37.5 hours per week between the hours 8.30-5pm. Just as importantly, you’ll get to experience our culture, which we really do live and breathe, ensuring that Saltus is a fantastic place to work for every single one of our 500+ people. We work hard, but we have an awful lot of fun along the way. If you think you’d like to come and join us, then please do get in touch... we’d love to hear from you.