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General Ledger – Senior Associate (level 2) - Newcastle

The General Ledger Senior Associate is a member of a high performing and mixed rank team led by the UKI Country Accounting Manager.

This role sits within the UKI Controlling team which helps the business create success by managing risk, mitigating fraud, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and Firm policy, driving quality, consistency and efficiency across the accounting processes.

The General Ledger senior associate plays a key role in providing support of the management of the General Ledger Team Lead in their absence. They should be working closely with the Team Leader and have a good overview on issues / deadlines and any people issues. In addition, they will require skills to:

• providing transactional processing expertise, operational support, advice and insights across several areas including, vendor payables, staff expenses compliance, AMEX administration, accounts receivable and VAT controlling.
• implementing and monitoring appropriate controls
• partnering with offshore teams and holding them accountable for high levels of service delivery.

The opportunity

A chance to work shadow the team leader and develop their own supervisory skills and provide some basic coaching to other members of the team. It encourages the individual development to learn leadership and management skills whilst working on the job with a view to moving into a team leader role in the future.

Key responsibilities

• Directly reports to team leader on the team and can step into the role of supervisor in their absence. Ensuring the duty of care to team members and providing support where required.
• Provides vital support and back up to team leader and has a good knowledge of the tasks and deadlines that the team are required to meet
• Delegate tasks to the team in the absence of the team leader.
• Gain an understanding of business-critical issues and can articulate and escalate to the relevant people in the absence of the team leader.
• Counselling of staff member to assist them in implementing and maintaining their self-development plan
• Excellent knowledge on the reconciliation of balance sheet and bank accounts (identifying and correction/reporting of anomalies)
• Support Monthly meetings with relevant Heads of Finance to enable the accurate reflection of transactions in the SL/ functional P&L accounts in the absence of the team leader.
• Production of the firms Tax packs to enable the EMEIA Tax Team to file the firm’s PSA (PAYE settlement agreement) return and disallowable expenditure for the partnership/corporation tax return to provide support and back up in the absence of team leader.
• Processing payroll costs to record and distribute correct charges to the services lines.
• Review and audit onshore and offshore balance sheets.
• Provide guidance on local policy and leading practices
• Coach/Problem solve with more junior members to help develop their skills through job shadowing, advising, informal training
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and proactively seek improvements
• Ensure that the team provides a good quality service

Skills and attributes for success

• Produces work of a high quality which is timely accurate and clear
• Can work with minimal supervision
• Develops a good network and connects to stakeholders to grow knowledge and build good relationships.
• Builds a knowledge of UK entities / Service Line and Sub Service line functions.
• Inspiring trust and have a firm understanding of business drivers of client performance
• Critical thinking and problem solving, advising on potential outcomes and exhibiting exceptional technical skills
• Confident, with a proven ability to challenge at all levels
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Vigorous time management skills and a proven ability to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency
• Strong ability to learn quickly, be proactive and share knowledge, building networks across the Finance function
• Excellent written, oral and virtual communication skills with the confidence to deliver presentations, training material and knowledge sharing. Adapting ability to deliver challenging messages and drive communication to a mutual understanding.
• Experience coaching more junior team members through shadowing, answering questions, advice, etc
• Thrives in and adapts to a fast changing, growing and high activity environment

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Minimum two years’ Experience in a similar role in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of Word and Excel
• Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage
• Used to working in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic
• Desire to thrive in and adapt to a fast changing and high activity environment
• Innovative, confident and creative thinker with ability to make quick decisions
• The ability to think on your feet, use initiative and judgement to make informed decisions

What we look for

You will be an experienced Trusted Business Advisor with a passion for providing exceptional client service to your stakeholders whilst maintaining high levels of customer service for internal stakeholders.

What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.