Assistant Corporate Accountant

AXA UK; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking an accounting professional to support expense reporting and budgeting. The role involves analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and ensuring accurate month-end closures. Candidates must have strong communication skills and at least a year of relevant experience, alongside an AAT qualification or similar degree.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year’s experience required.
• Work towards professional accounting qualifications with provided study support.
• Knowledge of Prepayments, fixed assets, and reconciliations is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly expense reporting and annual budgeting process.
• Conduct cost analysis and monitor performance against budget.
• Assist with bank reconciliations and month-end closure journals.

Skills

Communication (oral)

Attention to detail

Communication (written)

Relationship building

Proactivity

Organisational skills

Problem solving skills

Flexibility / Adaptability

Prioritisation

Analytical skills

Team Player

Education

AAT or Accounting and Finance Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Support the Head of Expenses with the monthly Expense reporting and annual budgeting process. The main tasks are but not limited to:

• Collaborate with other internal functions to produce budget vs Actual departmental expense reports.
• Conducted cost analysis and provided insights to support decision-making.
• Analyse variances between actual and budgeted figures.
• Monitor and report on performance against the budget.
• Help with the production of quarterly Executive expense packs

Working with the Accounts Payable Manager to deliver a timely and accurate month-end close. The main tasks are but not limited to:

• Review outsourced teams' coding and Journal, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company standards.
• Assist with bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Complete Month-end closure journals when required
• Prepare monthly accrual posting
• Review monthly fixed asset schedules and review journals
• Run and maintain the service company trial balance
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required

Skills/Competencies

•Communication (oral) – ability to communicate well one-to-one and in small groups.Keeps others informed and updated

•Attention to detail

•Communication (written) – ability to write clear, precise, and well organised documents

•Relationship building – establish and maintain good working relationships with internal and external parties

•Proactivity – ability to use own initiative in starting tasks and solving problems

•Organisational skills – ability to deliver on tasks and meet deadlines

•Problem solving skills – ability to analyse a situation and provide a solution with minimal direction

•Flexibility / Adaptability – ability to cope effectively with complexity and change

•Prioritisation and attention to detail – must have excellent skills in both of these competencies

•Team Player – ability to work well in a team as well as on own initiative

•Analytical skills – ability to understand and provide concise explanation of the information analysed

Qualifications

•AAT or Accounting and Finance Degree essential

•Minimum 1 years’ experience

•Work towards professional accounting qualifications with provided study support

Experience

Knowledge of Prepayments, fixed assets and reconciliations necessity

Intermediate Excel skills including pivot tables, linking and filtering essential

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Qualifications

Work Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to work effectively in an office, hybrid, or remote work environment for 40+ hours per week (including sitting, standing, and working on a computer for extended periods of time).
• Ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative work environment utilizing various technologies such as: telephone, computer, web, voice, teleconferencing, e-mail, etc.
• Ability to travel as required.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

United States: All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

United Kingdom: Westfield is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.