Accounts Payable Assistant London, England
Job description
Role Overview
Flexible and agile working
Everyone's personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):
- hybrid of office and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, as required)
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work from home (or a different location)
- work compressed hours
- job share
Directorate/Department Overview
The NEST Finance team is split into the following areas: Business Partnering, Financial Planning and Analysis, Scheme Modelling and Pension Scheme Accounting.
The Corporate Finance Team is responsible for:
- The financial well-being of the company through effective budgeting, forecasting monitoring and reporting of all corporation finances.
- Production of high quality monthly management accounts for budget holders
- Managing and delivery of specific key external publications relevant to the Corporation such as CARA, the FFRF and Master Trust Submissions.
- Supporting key initiatives with insightful and accurate financial analysis. Assisting presenting outcomes to ExCo and NCGB
- Designing and leading the corporation wide business plan process and business cases. Assisting presenting outcomes to ExCo and NCGB;
- Providing challenge to the Scheme Modelling team to ensure the development of business modelling and simulation tools meet the needs of Business Planning and the wider business;
- Developing and maintaining a culture of financial awareness and value for money across NEST
- Delivering a high quality financial planning process that ensures resources are effectively prioritised;
- Managing NEST Corporation’s funding arrangements
- Maintaining the accounts payable for the Corporation and processing payments for expenditure.
- Accuracy of the corporation general ledger ensuring transactions are recorded in an accurate and timely manner and that routine finance reconciliations supporting the Corporation financial statements are completed.
Organisational Overview
Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.
Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.
Diversity and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.
We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We are a level 2 Disability Confident Leader under the Disability Confident Scheme. As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme.
Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at your earliest convenience: [email protected].
