Senior Account Assistant

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Your job in a nutshell:

This role is to undertake the day-to-day activities of the Operations department delivering a quality service to standard and deadlines including performing reconciliations, financial analysis, banking, checking of ledger balances, analysis of ledger balances and ensuring that the financial accounting controls are operating as planned.

What will you be doing:

• Perform the daily activities outlined in core rota work to deliver complete and accurate financial transactions, receipts & payments, ensuring that general ledger is aligned to core business systems.

• Perform reconciliations for the more technical reconciliations, аnalyse balances and trends highlighting issues to manager/stakeholders анд Identify any associated issues with recognition of income/expense impacting financial reporting.

• Provide input & technical commentary into the monthly MI packs and production of department metrics.

• Complete and issue trail balances for ledgers within remit of Fin Ops to standard and deadline highlighting issues and working with relevant parties to resolve.

• Develop & maintain relationships with relevant Finance and business areas (ie, Customer Service, Risk) to highlight process issues, improve working processes and controls. 

• Continually review and improve processes and rules within Aegon’s Autore system.

• Contribute to local and corporate projects securing that Finance operations are represented to ensure controls & risks are addressed.

• Act as a mentor and trainer to the junior members of the team, give support to team members in their learning, and good practice.

• Raise Risk incidents, and manage through solution and remediation.

Requirements:

• Excellent oral and written communication, which is clear and suited to audience

• Demonstrable excellent time management skills with little supervision, well planned and organised. Easily adapts to changing priorities

• Ability to plan and work to tight deadlines without compromising accuracy

• Positive & flexible attitude

• Ability to Influence Customers in a Tactful Manner

• Experience of L&P industry

• Excellent breadth & depth of knowledge of Life & Pensions accounting and Finance environment

• Good knowledge of Aegon products

• Knowledge of financial controls environment

• Accounting qualification or working towards ACCA/CIMA

Rewards and benefits:

In addition to joining a phenomenal team, you can also expect a fantastic range of benefits.

These include:

• 25 days annual paid leave;

• Wellbeing programs & work-life balance - integration and passion sharing events;

• Private medical and dental care;

• Pension contributions up to 10%;

• Flex benefits program;

• Courses and certifications opportunities;

• Conferences and Expert Communities;

• Charity and eco initiatives.

Other information:

We design our employee experience to be fully inclusive, no matter your disability, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, race or ethnicity or any other aspect which makes you, you.

Family friendly and flexible working arrangements will be considered across all roles, and we welcome everyone to apply.

As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from all applicants, especially, differently abled applicants. We aim to ensure that those who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed and willing to making reasonable adjustments to the application and assessment process to accommodate your needs. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact us via our dedicated mailbox - UK-Recruitment-Support@atos.net