Commercial Finance Analyst

Aegon UK Plc; Witham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

34 days leave

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Enhanced parental leave

Retail discount vouchers

Cycle2work scheme

Subsidised restaurant

Online GP appointments

Job summary

Aegon UK Plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a finance professional to support planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting across the business. You will analyse financial performance, deliver month-end reporting and provide financial insight to senior stakeholders.

The role offers a competitive salary (£33,520 - £50,280), a generous pension, discretionary bonus, 34 days leave, private medical cover and other lifestyle benefits.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting activities across the business.
• Analyse financial performance, including variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Produce and deliver accurate month-end reporting, ensuring deadlines are met and outputs support effective decision-making.
• Partner with business stakeholders and senior leaders to provide financial insight and challenge where required.
• Support the annual planning process and ongoing forecasting cycle, helping to drive financial performance and profitability.
• Complete key financial control activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and management reporting.
• Management accounting experience, including month-end activities, journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse and interpret financial data.
• Good understanding of profit and loss, balance sheet reporting and finance ledgers.
• Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly.
• Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or equivalent relevant finance qualification is preferred though not essential.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting activities across the business.
• Analyse financial performance, including variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Produce and deliver accurate month-end reporting, ensuring deadlines are met and outputs support effective decision-making.
• Partner with business stakeholders and senior leaders to provide financial insight and challenge where required.
• Support the annual planning process and ongoing forecasting cycle, helping to drive financial performance and profitability.
• Complete key financial control activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and management reporting. Experience working within a finance function, with a strong understanding of financial reporting and analysis.
• Management accounting experience, including month-end activities, journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to analyse and interpret financial data.
• Good understanding of profit and loss, balance sheet reporting and finance ledgers.
• Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly.
• Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or equivalent relevant finance qualification is preferred though not essential. We're the UK's largest investment platform, and we put financial wellbeing at the heart of our organisation. We work with customers, financial advisers and employers to provide pensions, savings and investment solutions.

About the company

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

Compensation and benefits

• Salary: A competitive salary from £33,520 - £50,280 depending on the experience you can bring,
• We're serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we'll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we'll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that's 7% from you and 13% from us).
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
• We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

Legal and other

We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer