Assistant Accountant
6 days ago
Do you want to be part of something more than just a financial services business? Do you believe everyone, regardless of wealth, should have the opportunity to save and look after their loved ones? Do you want to be part of something that has been here for 160 years and help it be here for 160 more?
Scottish Friendly have an exciting opportunity to join our Finance team. Based in Glasgow City Centre, we are one of the most progressive mutual life insurance offices in the UK. We have a strong, clear culture which has grown since 1862 with our customers and colleagues of today and the future being at the heart of that growth.
Responsibilities:
• Delivery of management, regulatory and statutory information for internal and external reporting purposes.
• Delivery of daily financial and management process for Scottish Friendly and its subsidiaries, including:
o Production of daily internal Client Money Reconciliations to agreed timescales.
o Timely and accurate preparation and reconciliation of monthly control accounts, bank reconciliations and accruals & prepayments.
o Preparing daily banking, payment runs, and cheque production.
o Uploading data to the general ledger and reconciling to source systems.
o Client money transaction processing and daily reconciliation as required by the CASS Sourcebook.
• Preparation of tax returns.
• Assess, recommend and deliver process improvement opportunities.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders and external parties including auditors.
• Supporting with new and ongoing projects as needed.
Qualifications & Skills:
Required:
• Experience in accounting involving taking the general ledger to trial balance stage and preparation of monthly control accounts.
• Experience in processing incoming and outgoing transactions and recording these appropriately.
• Experience in preparing, controlling & investigating differences in reconciliations with a high volume of transactions.
• Highly numerate with proven analytical skills and strong Excel skills.
• Highly motivated, coupled with the ability to learn quickly.
• Ability to prioritise, take responsibility for assigned tasks and progress to completion within set deadlines.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to support liaison within finance team and with other departments within Scottish Friendly.
• Able to work well both within a team and on own initiative.
Desirable:
• Accountancy or finance related degree / Working towards professional qualification.
• Experience of dealing with Client Money transactions and an understanding of CASS rules and how they apply.
• Experience of preparing management and statutory accounts.
With assets under management of over £5bn and more than 700,000 members we have lots to look after and lots more to do. If you want to be part of the team and you think this is you, we would love to hear from you.
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