Senior Accountant - Treasury

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic global brokerage team as a Senior Accountant at a leading company focused on risk management. This role is integral to managing financial intercompany relationships while ensuring compliance with industry regulations. A qualified accountant will thrive in this position, leveraging strong analytical and organizational skills to drive success and provide valuable reporting insights.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance up to 10x salary

Income protection coverage options

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Volunteering days

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Access to discounted voucher portal

Emergency family care

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with experience.
• Analytical skills for regulatory compliance.
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage intercompany relationships and movement analysis.
• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
• Prepare reports and handle audit queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Due to business growth, we have created a new Senior Accountant position within our Treasury team for a qualified accountant. This is a unique opportunity for someone with a passion for finance and a drive for excellence. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in managing intercompany relationships, inspiring change, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. If you possess a keen eye for detail, strong organisational skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, we invite you to apply and contribute to our success.

How you'll make an impact

• Demonstrate keen attention to detail and take ownership of tasks.
• Conduct detailed reviews of intercompany movements and relationships, liaising with relevant areas to verify postings and determine settlement requirements.
• Perform monthly and year-to-date analysis on intercompany movements.
• Ensure the timely settlement of any cash balances required from intercompany movements.
• Maintain high standards of integrity when handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Drive forward change and process improvement to ensure efficiency and develop valuable reporting for senior collaborators.
• Develop spontaneous reports to back the business and aid in establishing crucial reporting outputs for senior customers.Provide assistance and support in response to external and internal audit requests as needed.
• Build and manage relationships within Glasgow Accounting COE, Global Cash Management, and across other funtional teams.
• Ensure SOX requirements are fully met.
• Align with AJG Professional Standards Manual in accordance with statutory requirements, with specific attention to Whistle Blowing and Treating Customers Fairly.
• Perform tasks in alignment with internal policies, laws, regulations, and Gallagher's values.
• Ensure your business area aligns with laws, rules, and Gallagher’s values, focusing on client-centricity.

About you

• Qualified Accountant.
• Technical knowledge (preferable but not necessary).
• Experience with US GAAP.
• SOX experience with design/operating efficiency testing.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Experience implementing new processes and/or controls.
• Ability to prioritise and manage tasks while adhering to challenging deadlines.
• Understanding of SOX and regulatory/control-based environments is desirable.
• Flexible attitude to dealing with multiple tasks and environments.
• Strong organizational and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Exceptionally attentive to detail.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Join Us

Join a team that values every employee and encourages collaboration to achieve success.

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.