Part-Qualified Accountant - Revenue & FX team

Marsh & McLennan Companies; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in risk and strategy is seeking a proactive Finance/Accounts Assistant to join their Revenue & FX team. This hybrid role in Witham offers the chance to work in a diverse environment with opportunities for professional growth. You will handle journal creation, balance sheet reconciliations, and foreign currency trading, contributing to the efficiency of a busy shared services function.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Collaborative and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy shared services function.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to identify areas for process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Journal creation, review & approvals.
• Balance sheet reconciliation review & approval.
• Foreign Currency trading in line with exposures.

Skills

Excel

Teamwork

Efficiency Improvement

Education

Part/Qualified ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Oracle

HFM

Job description

As a member of the Revenue & FX team, you will be a pro-active and results driven individual able to balance multiple deliverables and prioritise your work whilst satisfying a strict control environment by retaining the highest standards of governance. Ideally you will have experience in working within a busy shared services function of a similar organisation.

This role could suit an experienced Part Qualified Finance/Accounts Assistant looking for a new challenge within a Global organisation with great career and development opportunities.

This role is office based in Witham but does offer hybrid working.

We will count on you to:

• Journal creation, review & approvals
• Balance sheet reconciliation review & approval
• Revenue system interface checking
• Intercompany loan entries and reconciliations
• Hedging entries and reconciliations
• Foreign Exchange analysis
• Foreign Currency exposure reporting
• Foreign Currency trading in line with exposures
• Bad Debt calculations and reconciliations
• Cancellation reserves and reconciliations
• Revenue accrual & deferral analysis
• Fiduciary reconciliations to sub ledger
• Project code analysis
• AD Hoc project work as required

What you need to have:

• Part/Qualified ACCA/CIMA or qualified by experience.
• Intermediate skills in Excel
• Flexible and team player - able to develop close partnerships with onshore and offshore colleagues.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and deliver results to short timescales.
• Previous proven ability to identify areas to improve efficiency, accuracy and analysis and suggest and implement process improvements.

What makes you stand out:

• Prior experience of Oracle and HFM (preferred but not essential).
• Experience in large organization or service center.
• Experience working with foreign currency.

Why join our team?

• Opportunity to work with a global industry leader
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment that values diversity and promotes professional growth.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [e-mail].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.