Accountant

Ageas; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 46,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking an Accountant to support their Finance team in Eastleigh on a hybrid basis. This role involves ensuring accuracy in financial reporting, supporting the monthly close process, and preparing financial statements. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong attention to detail, excellent Excel skills, and the ability to interpret financial data. Benefits include flexible working options, generous holiday, and enhanced wellbeing support.

Benefits

Minimum 35 days holiday

Health and wellbeing support

Pension schemes

Employee savings programs

Qualifications

• Understanding of the technical aspects of accounting and its application.
• Ability to evaluate and interpret financial data.
• Experience with financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly close process, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately.
• Report and reconcile the IFRS balance sheet on a monthly basis.
• Prepare financial information for stakeholders.

Skills

Attention to detail

Good Excel skills

Numerical skills

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)

Tools

Oracle E1

IBM Cognos TM1

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Accountant
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: 6mth Fixed term contract
Salary Range: £40 - £46k dependant on experience
Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid - 2x week
Closing Date for applications: 17th February

Accountant: Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement? Ageas UK is seeking a dedicated and analytical individual to join our Finance team, where you’ll play a key role in supporting the monthly close process, preparing financial statements, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting across our UK entities. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the delivery of our core reporting requirements, as well as supporting the team in the delivery of some key strategic projects.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the control and delivery of the monthly close process for the Ageas UK entities, ensuring that all transactions are accurately recorded and that associated balance sheet entries are valid.


• Timely and accurate reporting and reconciliation of the Ageas UK consolidated IFRS balance sheet to Group and senior management on a monthly basis.


• Preparation of first-level financial information for various stakeholders within the UK group.


• Critically reviewing monthly close processes and documented procedures to identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, ensuring the controls are updated as appropriate.


• Supporting the team with ad hoc queries, projects and the development of knowledge and understanding within the team.


• Building effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, including Actuarial, Underwriting, Payroll and other parts of Finance.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).


• An understanding of the technical aspects of accounting and its application.


• Good Excel skills.


• Experience using Oracle’s E1 (general ledger) and IBM’s Cognos TM1 (reporting tool) desirable.


• Excellent attention to detail, and a core value set that is focused on delivering high quality outputs.


• Excellent numerical skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and interpret financial data, identifying and resolving apparent inconsistencies.


• Strong organisational and planning skills and the ability to prioritise and timetable workflows.

Benefits and About Ageas

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a member of iCAN and GAIN, and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive and guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. More information is available on our official pages.

Flexible working options are available in many roles, including part-time, job share, and options for working from home where appropriate. We offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) and opportunities to buy or sell days. Other benefits include health and wellbeing support, pension schemes, and employee savings programs.

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