Finance Assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Aegon
Full Time
Edinburgh, Scotland
24160 - 36240 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Finance Assistant
Permanent
As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grad or humble their ambitions.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Insurance, Savings, Investments.
About the team
The Financial Control Operations area is responsible for the integrity of all financial transactions within AEGON UK. This includes the processing of cash receipts, payments, to ensure the integrity of general and purchase ledgers for the operational businesses and any reporting breaches. The area performs financial reconciliations and reporting for inclusion in month end accounting & reporting.
About the role
This role undertakes the day-to-day activity of the operations department delivering a quality service for its stakeholders. This includes, processing a range of journals, performing reconciliations, preparing trustee cash books, financial analysis, intercompany accounting, banking, checking of ledger transactions & balances, to ensure that the financial accounting controls are operating as planned.
Partnering with key stakeholders across AEGON UK, external partners, and our global business units, developing strong working relationships to reduce financial risks & exposures in relation to key processes. Identifying accounting and process anomalies, investigating, and bringing to a resolution.
We’d love to hear from you if you have the following skills:
- Accuracy - with good attention to detail when performing tasks.
- Communication - able to produce strong oral and written communication which is clear and suited to audience.
- Self-motivator - remains enthusiastic despite setbacks.
- Team player - you can demonstrate good collaboration across teams and functions.
- Organised - you'll demonstrate good time-management skills requiring little direct supervision and is well planned & organised.
- Adaptability - comfortable working with changing priorities.
We offer on-the-job training; however, the following experience would be great – but not essential:
- Experience of working in large finance team, preferably within Financial Services or other highly regulated environment
- Experience of bank and control account reconciliations
- Experience of bookkeeping and general ledger processes
- An Accounting qualification or working towards ACCA/CIMA
- Good PC skills, includes Excel, Word & PowerPoint
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary from £24,160 – £36,240, depending on the experience you can bring
- A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
- A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
- 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
We know our staff have busy lives and commitments outside work, so we work flexibly where possible and have a hybrid approach to office working (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home).
We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our staff live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
Sound good? Click the "Apply" button and see where it can take you.
Closing date: Friday 26th May 2023
The legal bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.