Accounting Professional | S2 | Gesban UK Limited | Milton Keynes | 12 – Months FTC

Banco Santander SA; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Accounting Professional in Milton Keynes, where you will manage financial records and ensure compliance with accounting standards. You will work on timely reporting, effectively collaborate with your team, and support ongoing projects aimed at process improvements. The role comes with a hybrid working pattern and a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs.

Benefits

8% Employer Pension Contribution

27 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays

Free Access to Digital Health Services

Life Assurance Benefits

24/7 Online Employee Discount Platform Access

Voluntary Healthcare Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of working to tight deadlines with high standards.
• Great problem-solving skills and data management experience.
• Collaborating with colleagues to share knowledge and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Managing financial records and ensuring compliance with standards.
• Completing monthly reports, balance sheet reconciliations, and VAT returns.
• Supporting projects for process automation and improvements.

Skills

Excel

Problem Solving

Data Management

Education

ACCA or CIMA Part Qualified

Job description

Accounting Professional | S2 | Gesban UK Limited | Milton Keynes | 12 – Months FTC

Country: United Kingdom

Interested in part-time, job-share or flexible working? We want to talk to you!

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Santander UK Plc represents over £200bn of customer assets and as part of the banking industry, is required to provide quarterly financial data to various stakeholders, including but not limited to Banco Santander, PRA, ECB, Bank of England.

Based in Unity Place, Milton Keynes, the team is part of the Statutory Reporting and Internal Controls team, which is part of Gesban UK, and which plays an important role within Santander, providing accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for Santander UK and its subsidiaries.

As entity accountant, you will be responsible for managing the financial records of a specific business unit within Santander, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards, as well as timely completion of both monthly and quarterly submissions to our various stakeholders.

The team is also critically involved in numerous projects which are expected to go-live in 2025, aimed at automating our manual processes including the CFO Cargabal21 project and the ledger replacement project. The projects will relate to integration of new systems, new products, process improvement and other projects as required.

The difference you’ll make:

• Completing all tasks to ensure timely month end reporting including processing any journals to ensure the financials accurately reflect the fixed asset register, accruals, intercompany balances, VAT, and tax
• Completion of post month end tasks including balance sheet reconciliations, trend analysis, completing the entity’s VAT return
• Delivering quarterly financial deliverables, related to the Balance Sheet of Santander UK Plc and Santander Asset Finance Plc, for many key stakeholders. This will be completed by:
  • Analysing detailed customer and other data across multiple data sources.
  • Reviewing completeness and understanding underlying trends of the provided data.
  • Utilising current processes to complete deliverables but also offering alternative methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Continually assessing specific data items ensuring that they meet future financial reporting requirements accurately

• Responding to queries from Group Reporting, Statutory Accounts and both internal and external auditors where applicable
• Supporting the Finance Manager in on-going projects including Cargabal21, ledger replacement, process automation and other improvements

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Experience of working to tight deadlines and ensuring deliverables of a high standard; highly organised, ability to plan and manage workload
• Proficient Excel skills
• Great problem-solving skills and data management experience
• Collaborating with other colleagues in the wider team, ensuring a flow of knowledge and sharing of best practice

It would also be nice for you to have:

• ACCA or CIMA Part qualified accountant or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working well with other departments
• Finance experience and analytical skills

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion.

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [e-mail] or call 0870 414 9080.