Group Expenses Partner

6 days ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Ecclesiastical Insurance Full time

**Group Expenses Partner**

**Location: Gloucester**
**Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits package**
**Duration: Permanent**
**Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**About the role**:
Ecclesiastical are looking for a **Group Expenses Partner** within the Finance Operations function. Finance Operations provides operational finance services for the majority of the Group’s UK based businesses.

The Business Expense team is accountable for the accuracy of the expense base in the group’s accounting system, expense reporting, maintaining the asset register, completion of reconciliations, providing input for notes to the group’s accounts, preparation and set up of budgets, running expense allocations, expense partnering with the business and supporting cost centre managers in the annual expense budgeting process.

**Key accountabilities**:

- Ensure the accuracy of expense postings, including the capitalisation and depreciation of fixed assets and the management of accruals and prepayments
- Preparation of reconciliations for key profit and loss and balance sheet accounts and ensuring outstanding items are promptly investigated and resolved
- Preparation of monthly expense reports to management and business areas
- Partner with business areas and cost centre managers to support them in delivering against expense budgets and identifying efficiencies, transaction queries and variance analysis
- Identify and drive cost saving efficiencies
- Contribute to expense budgeting process and support cost centre managers with their budget preparation, using knowledge of expenses to challenge appropriately and identify errors or omissions
- Run allocations process looking to simplify and improve this to provide accurate, transparent and supportable allocations to business units
- Prepare HMRC analysis including corporation tax schedules and information for PAYE Settlement Agreement returns
- Work with HR to provide reports and analysis when required
- Complete ONS returns on an annual basis
- Provide analysis and information to support the year end accounting notes

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple streams of work within defined timelines
- A confident communicator with the ability to address and escalate matters with colleagues /stakeholders to resolve any issues
- Strong attention to detail as this is key for maintaining an accurate expense base and submitting returns. Demonstrably proactive, identifying opportunities to improve processes
- Experience in carrying out reconciliations and accounting concepts such as double entry, accruals, prepayments, assets, budgets and commitments
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and build influence with senior management and business areas
- Strong analytical skills
- Good excel skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of working in a Finance team

**What we offer**:

- A competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Competitive Group Personal Pension
- Bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- A holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits
- Company support for those studying for financial services qualifications

**About Ecclesiastical**:
We are a unique financial services organisation, owned by a registered charity, Benefact Trust. We are a financially secure, professional and award-winning organisation. We pride ourselves in donating a significant proportion of our profits to good causes.

**Committed to making a difference**: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our employees are encouraged to take at least one day a year to help a charity of their choice, offering practical and professional support, as part of our MyGiving programme.

Our staff know how to work hard but also how to enjoy themselves We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, valuing wellbeing, flexibility and being part of a team.

We offer a professional, hardworking yet supportive and friendly environment with a strong team ethos and ethical practices. To allow you to perform to your best, we will invest in your personal development and provide a comprehensive training plan and the ability to develop your role within our business.

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

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