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Trainee Accountant

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Job summary

A leading company in London seeks a Finance Trainee to gain diverse experience across various finance functions while pursuing the ACCA qualification. The role offers exposure to statutory reporting, tax, and financial planning, with a supportive team culture and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Performance based annual bonus plan
25 days annual leave
Enhanced pension contributions
Private medical insurance
Health Cash Plan
Life assurance
Income protection
Volunteer days

Qualifications

  • Commitment to complete the ACCA qualification within 3 years.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and post journals for transactions.
  • Support Group Finance during half year and year end procedures.
  • Complete a rotation programme around the Finance function.

Skills

Excel
Word

Education

Undergraduate degree
GCSE in Math’s and English

Job description

We’re Landsec

At Landsec, we believe great things happen when we work together. We’re committed to high standards and creating outcomes where everyone wins. Nothing in our history has happened by chance. Every place we identify is for its potential to create lasting value. Every partnership we form with our communities and our customers is to create shared success. And every person that works at Landsec joins to bring their skills and talent to shape the next chapters of our story.

Our culture is shaped by our purpose and our people, led by the high performing leaders in high performing teams. It is this combination that allows us to achieve competitive advantage, powering our differentiators and ultimately driving our growth.

The Role:

  • This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is starting out in their Finance career and looking for a varied role across Finance functions whilst being sponsored to complete the ACCA qualification over a period of three years. You’ll spend time working in different teams in Finance, gaining exposure and experience across a variety of functions including; the Statutory Reporting Team, Tax Team, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Team, Service Charge Team and Commercial Finance.

  • Your prime reporting line will be into the Financial Reporting Manager however as you rotate around the function a line manager in each respective team will give you day to day direction and be your main point of contact.

  • Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum

The Location: London, Victoria Street. Flexible working with an expectation of being in the office at least three days a week. The team culture tends to see most colleagues coming in around four days a week.

The Team:

Key business partner to the wider Group Finance and Commercial Finance teams, with the prime reporting responsibility being to the Group Reporting Manager.

What you will be responsible for:

  • Prepare and post journals to account for routine and ad hoc transactions

  • Prepare inputs to the monthly management information pack

  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations

  • Support the Group Finance team during the half year and year end procedures, including note preparation and audit support

  • Contribute towards the department’s housekeeping, filing, record maintenance and internal control procedures, with ownership over particular workstreams

  • Other internal liaison (tax, company secretary, billings, service charges) and external liaison (auditors) in respect of queries and information relating to management and financial accounting

  • To be familiar with and keep abreast of latest accounting requirements / standards and company law and contribute understanding as necessary to the Group’s financial reporting

  • Undertake ad-hoc accounting projects and special reviews as required

  • Complete a rotation programme (three month placements with 60% of time in work dedicated to secondment team and 40% dedicated to Group Finance) around the Finance function to gain exposure and experience across a variety of roles, including the Statutory Reporting team, Tax team, FP&A, Service Charge and Commercial Finance. At the end of each rotation, prepare and present a summary of experience gained, achievements, learnings and observations

  • The prime reporting responsibility will be to the Financial Reporting Manager, with rotating reporting lines to team leads during secondments within the wider Finance function

Your skills, experience and qualifications:

Essential criteria

  • Undergraduate degree

  • GCSE in Math’s and English

  • Commitment to complete the ACCA qualification (sponsored by Landsec) within a 3 year period

  • Good Excel and Word skills

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits, make sure to visit our My Total Reward page for more information.

  • Performance based annual bonus plan

  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three-day December festive break on top of your leave and a special ‘My Day’ to take off for whatever you choose.

  • Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.

  • Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.

  • Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)

  • Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build

  • Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%

And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause

Diversity and Inclusion

At Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential.

We strive to ensure all our information, and services are accessible to andusableby everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with our recruitment partners by emailingrecruitmentqueries@landsec.com

To find out more about our approach, visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

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