Accountant

5 days ago

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Gallagher Full time
Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you So, even if you feel that you're close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

This position will play a key role in the Compensation Accounting team and will report directly to the Compensation Accounting Manager. This role involves developing a full understanding of the compensation accounting lines and necessary bookings, liaising with Finance Business Partners and our supporting Accounting Service Management team and ensuring monthly management accounts are produced accurately and to tight timeframes.

How you'll make an impact
  • Being responsible for monthly accounting for compensation costs, including complex compensation arrangements.
  • Demonstrate keen attention to detail and take ownership of tasks.
  • To assist with the production of accurate management accounts, and relevant commentary, adhering to tight reporting deadlines.
  • Perform monthly and year-to-date variance analysis to budget and prior year on P&L.
  • Maintain high standards of professionalism when handling confidential and sensitive information.
  • Drive forward change and process improvement to ensure efficiency and develop appropriate and value add reporting to senior stakeholders.
  • Production of ad hoc reporting to support to the business and assisting to establish key reporting outputs for senior stakeholders.
  • Assistance and support in response to external and internal audit requests.
  • Build and manage relationships within the wider General Accounting team, and across other functional teams.
  • Ensure SOX requirements are fully met.
About You
  • CA, ACCA, ACA qualification
  • US GAAP experience
  • Professional services background
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Project management experience/experience of implementing new processes and/or controls
  • Ability to priority manage and adhere to challenging deadlines
  • Ability to adapt to change
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexible attitude to dealing with multiple tasks and environments
  • Process redesign and implementation
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you'll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

  • Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to 'buy' extra days
  • Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
  • Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
  • Income protection, we'll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
  • Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

  • Three fully paid volunteering days per year
  • Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
  • Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
  • Critical illness cover
  • Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
  • Season ticket loan
  • Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
  • Emergency back-up family care
  • And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it's embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees' diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don't worry, we're here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you'd prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as "protected characteristics") by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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