Assistant Accountant Shared Services - 6 month FTC Remote
Job description
Reach PLC have an exciting opportunity for an Finance Assistant. This is a fixed term 6 month contract.
You will support senior staff within the revenue and banking team in providing a professional, efficient and timely service to all Reach PLC businesses.
So who are we?
We are Reach Plc, you might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.
Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.
You will be required to collect and record financial data into spreadsheets and accounting software so that discrepancies can be identified before financial statements are generated.
Other duties include:
- Providing support to the revenue and banking team
- Liaising with commercial and sales ledger teams to facilitate the processing of sales invoices and ensure efficient reconciliation
- Maintaining financial systems, recording and processing financial information, data entry and general financial administration
- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts primarily relating to accrued and deferred income
- Ensure that internal controls are operating effectively
- Participate in a customer focussed environment
- Liaison with internal and external auditors
- Investigating root causes of issues
- Thorough attention to detail
- Excellent maths knowledge
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Customer service skills
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good working knowledge of Excel
- Experience of working with high volumes of data in large integrated finance systems
- Experience of performing finance reconciliations
- Good team ethic
- Experience of manipulating data sets within spreadsheets
- Computer literacy in Word, email
- Self motivated
- Ability to work with colleagues at all levels and from various functions
- Positive “can do”, flexible attitude
- Remaining professional at all times and calm under pressure
What can we offer you?
We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;
- Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and we’ll match contributions up to 6%
- 25 days’ holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years’ service with Reach, you’ll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
- Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you’ll be eligible after just six months’ employment
- Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
- As one of the UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers everyone’s invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
- Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
- Awesome career opportunities - you’ll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
- We are also a member of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels
Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
