Finance Analyst

Standard Life (previously Phoenix Group); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

Life assurance 12x salary

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteer days (3x)

Many more benefits

Job summary

Standard Life is seeking a Finance Analyst on a 6 month fixed term contract to support group expenses with monthly management accounts and year-end statutory reporting. The role involves helping with month-end processes, intercompany reconciliations and MI reporting using Power BI.

Based in Birmingham, with options for hybrid working between office and home, you will join a team delivering regulatory, reputational and commercial insights while developing your accounting skills and working

Qualifications

• Newly or part-qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)
• Finance background with accounting/technical experience
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail
• High degree of initiative, dependability and ability to work autonomously with limited supervision
• Proficient with MS Office Excel, General Ledgers; familiarity with Oracle Cloud ledger and EPBCS would be an advantage

Responsibilities

• Support MI team in producing, coordinating and issuing monthly ServCo MI pack and Expenses ExCo Pack.
• Reconcile IFRS17 expenses with the Service Company ledger.
• Liaise with the wider Expenses team to understand drivers of the expense position.
• Ensure ServCo ledger positions are correct monthly; reconcile numbers and splits.
• Assist with continuously improving MI reporting to meet management requirements.
• Gain knowledge of other expense processes in the MI team and provide cover as needed.
• Contribute to ad hoc projects and reporting deliverables; assist with Power BI automation.
• Support month-end tasks for ServCo Central and Value Tracking FBPs with journals and analysis.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Autonomy

MS Excel

Oracle Cloud ledger

EPBCS

Education

ACA/CIMA/ACCA part-qualified

Tools

Power BI

Oracle Cloud ledger

EPBCS

Job description

Job Description

Job Type: 6 month FTC

Location: This role could be based in either our Birmingham, Telford or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home.

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 11th August 2026 (23:55)

Salary and benefits

£30,000 - £40,000 (dependent upon experience) plus an indicative bonus range of 8-16%%.

• private medical cover
• 38 days annual leave
• excellent pension
• 12x salary life assurance
• career breaks
• income protection
• 3x volunteering days
• much more

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Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

If you're someone who brings analytical thinking, attention to detail and a passion for problem solving, you’ll thrive as a Finance Analyst in our group expenses team on a 6 month fixed term contract to assist in the provision of professional accountancy and finance analysis service by executing specific and regular finance processes to ensure the organisation meets its regulatory, reputational and commercial requirements.

The Role

The Finance Analyst will be responsible for assisting in the production and reporting of the monthly management and annual statutory accounts for the groups service companies.

This will involve supporting the month end process, ensuring intercompany positions are accurately reflected and providing MI to enable capital monitoring in all of groups service company entities. This role will also be involved in the automation of MI using Power BI.

Key responsibilities

• To support the MI Team in producing, coordinating and issuing an accurate ServCo entity MI pack and Expenses ExCo Pack on a monthly basis in line with agreed timetables.
• To support the reconciliation of IFRS17 expenses with the Service Company ledger.
• To liaise with the wider Expenses team to understand the key drivers of the expense position in the service companies.
• Ensure the ServCo position is correct in the ledger on a monthly basis, reconcile numbers to ensure splits between Expenses & Income, BAU & Projects are understood.
• To assist with continuously improving the MI reporting to meet the evolving management requirements.
• To gain knowledge of the other expense processes in the expense MI team and provide cover as and when appropriate.
• To contribute to ad hoc projects and reporting deliverables as required.
• To assist with the automation of MI using Power BI.
• Support the ServCo Central and Value Tracking FBPs with month-end tasks – including journals, reporting, analysis, and ad-hoc MI requests for stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

• Newlyor part-qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)
• A finance background with accounting/technical experience
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• High degree of initiative, dependability and ability to work autonomously with limited supervision
• A good degree of computer literacy, covering MS Office (particularly Excel), General Ledgers, plus some familiarity with Oracle Cloud ledger and EPBCS would be an advantage.
• Flexible and varied approach to workload required
• An understanding of the Service Company business model, its drivers and the environment in which it operates would be an advantage
• Focus on controls and systems would be an advantage.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

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