Finance Associate Norwich, England
Job description
Finance Associate - Marsh - Norwich
Please note, a hybrid working pattern will be on offer with a combination of home and office work, although a greater office presence will be required, during the initial training period.
Are you good with figures? Do you have a passion for delivering outstanding results? If so, we’d like to hear from you!
We welcome candidates with relevant experience and we are also keen to hear from college leavers, graduates and individuals with transferrable skills, who are able to demonstrate a genuine interest in building a career within the Financial Services Sector.
To succeed you will be highly numerate, have great communication skills and enjoy using these strengths to resolve queries.
The company: Marsh
Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser. With over 45,000 colleagues operating in more than 130 countries, we provide our commercial and individual clients with insights, advice and support, leveraging data, technology and analytics to help reduce our clients’ total cost of risk.
The role: Finance Associate
- Based within our busy Fiduciary Accounting department, this is a varied and stimulating insurance accounting-based role, where you will be responsible for the transition of funds between clients and insurers.
- You will also be required to build and develop strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, be comfortable working with MS Excel and adept at managing a varied and demanding workload.
What you will be rewarded with:
Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance programme plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.
Generous Family Leave including: 6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options. To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary.
We will rely on you to:
- Be responsible for account reconciliation and ledger management.
- Raise and submit payment requests.
- Investigate and resolve unmatched cash and other reconciliation issues.
- Carry out credit control activities.
- Calculate tax and commission rates.
- Meet payment conditions and deadlines as appropriate.
- Produce and deliver information and documentation in line with requirements.
- Develop strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
What you need to have:
- Good level of education with clear strengths in numerical, and potentially accounting related subjects.
- Exceptional numeracy skills, with demonstrable experience of working with figures.
- An inquisitive mind set with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to deal with differing demands.
- A passion for delivering excellent service to external and internal clients.
- Great communication skills and the ability to build relationships with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders.
- High level of accuracy with impeccable attention to detail.
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel.
What makes you stand out:
- Previous accounting/credit control experience within a similar (ideally insurance related) role.
- Proven track record in handling and resolving complex customer queries in a financial environment.
- Experience with dealing with multi-currencies (specifically dollars) would be advantageous, although not essential.
About Marsh
Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser. With over 35,000 colleagues operating in more than 130 countries , we provide our commercial and individual clients with insights, advice and support, leveraging data, technology and analytics to help reduce our clients’ total cost of risk.
Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), the leading global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue approaching US $17 billion and 76,000 colleagues worldwide, MMC helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. Follow Marsh on Twitter @MarshGlobal; LinkedIn; Facebook; and YouTube, or subscribe to BRINK.
Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at [email protected] to discuss any specific needs.
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