Staff Accountant II

1 week ago


Witham, Essex, United Kingdom Marsh McLennan Full time

Staff Accountant - Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) - Witham

Position Overview

Are you an ambitious Finance professional looking for a new opportunity working for a global organisation that offers immediate responsibility and development opportunities? Do you have a strong academic background and a meticulous eye for detail? Are you looking to utilise the experience you have gained in balancing multiple deliverables whilst satisfying a strict control environment by retaining the highest standards of governance? If you have answered yes to the above, then this could be the role for you.

What can you expect?

We have a great opportunity at Marsh & McLennan Companies for a Staff Accountant to join our business and support the continued growth of our Accounting Operations division. Based in Witham, Essex, but part of a global team, the support this position provides will be vital in maintaining and developing the track record of success MMC has in ensuring all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met, whilst playing a lead role in the continuous improvement of business processes

What's in it for you?

A competitive starting salary to plus a comprehensive benefits package to include; generous pension scheme, employee assistance programme, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and a number of other programmes.

MMC also offers a flexible benefit scheme to allow you to select benefits that are most appropriate for your lifestyle and personal circumstances. For example, these include options to buy additional days' holiday, dental, travel and personal accident insurance, together with a number of staff discounts available in the retail and leisure sectors, such as discounted gym membership.

We will count on you to:

  • Produce & control review of all balance sheet reconciliations within functional team remit
  • Carry out Exception reporting and perform checks prior to issuing and ensure timely investigation and resolution of any exception items
  • Preparation and review of quarterly reporting schedules and ensure all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met
  • Communicate regularly with offshore counterpart and delivery any training required
  • Mailbox management, attend meetings with managers, colleagues and clients as required.
  • Assist with other ad-hoc tasks, projects and initiatives as required.
  • Assist auditors, SOX testers, assist with current and future accounting operation transitions
  • Journal creation, review and approvals, fiduciary reconciliations to sub ledger
  • Revenue system interface checking and revenue accrual & deferral analysis
  • Foreign Exchange analysis, Foreign Currency exposure reporting and Foreign Currency trading in line with exposures
  • Bad Debt calculations, Cancellation reserves, hedging entries, Intercompany loan entries and reconciliations

What you need to have:

  • Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience working within a similar shared services environment.
  • An excellent academic background, ideally working towards becoming a fully qualified CIMA or ACCA Accountant.
  • Exceptional communication skills and ability to interact with both clients and colleagues within a fast moving professional team environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications

What makes you stand out:

  • Previous experience within a similar environment

Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)

Marsh & McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The Company's 76,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries. With annualized revenue approaching $17 billion, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses. Marsh advises individual and commercial clients of all sizes on insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions. Guy Carpenter develops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities. Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce. Oliver Wyman serves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visit , follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @mmc_global or subscribe to BRINK.

We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients regardless of their gender expression or identity, marital or civil partnership status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation or beliefs. We are proud of our inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered


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