Part-Qualified Intercompany Accountant (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

International Catalyst Services, LLC; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Accounting Operations Accountant in a hybrid role. You will manage various accounting responsibilities, including balance sheet reconciliations and stakeholder management, while working in a supportive and inclusive environment. This position offers professional development opportunities and a chance to make a significant impact within the team.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive leadership

Vibrant and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Part qualified ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, actively studying or qualified by experience.
• Advanced Excel skills including V lookups and pivots.
• Flexible team player with accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage balance sheet reconciliations and journal approvals.
• Handle stakeholder management and internal/external audits.
• Prepare intercompany balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Advanced skills in Excel

Accuracy with high attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Identifying areas to improve efficiency

Education

Part qualified ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Accounting Operations team at Marsh and Mclennan. This role will be based in Witham. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As an Accounting Operations Accountant you will be a pro-active, results led individual who is able to balance multiple deliverables 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.

Please note, this will be a 12 month Fixed Term Contract

We will count on you to:

General management accounting responsibilities which includes;

• Balance Sheet reconciliation review and approvals
• Journal creation, review and approval

Accounting Operations;

• Stakeholder management including controllers and offshore counterparts
• Internal/External & SOX audit
• Quarterly reporting on IO variances

Intercompany specific activities;

• Intercompany Balance Sheet reconciliations - preparation & review
• Intercompany variance investigation/commentary
• Settlement of IO balances
• Intercompany Billing/Transfer Pricing
• Support VAT team on VAT reporting

What you need to have

• Part qualified ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent). Actively studying or qualified by experience
• Advanced skills in Excel – V lookups, pivots
• Flexible and team player – develops close partnerships with onshore and offshore colleagues
• Accuracy with high attention to detail and ability to check work of self and others under pressure.
• 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.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

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.