Job Description
Overview
Our leading Douglas-based Finance Sector Client is seeking an Accounting Assistant to work on the monthly close process for one of our Group insurance companies and its branches on a timely and accurate basis, supported by the company's external outsourced service provider.
Role Profile
- Preparation of comprehensive financial reports for the cost base
- Production of monthly / periodic financial information for the service companies, including annual financial statements and the external audit process
- Provide input, effective challenge and insight over budgeting and forecasting
- Input of data and journal entries, in the preparation and production of the financial reports
- Provision of information and reports between the team and the Outsourcing service provider
- Maintain procedures and controls within the department
- Assist team with various projects within the department as they arise from time to time
Person Profile
- Have or be working towards an accounting qualification (ACCA / CIMA), or hold an Accountancy/Finance degree
- 3 to 5 years experience with management accounting and variance analysis
- Good numerical skills and ability to analyse data
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and Word
- The ability to work to challenging deadlines
- Good attention to detail
Required skills
- Accounting
- Budgeting
- CIMA
- Reports
- Monthly Close
Salary
UCA Consulting is a Recruitment Consultancy, placing professional candidates in permanent, temporary and interim jobs. Our success of being one of the leaders in construction, engineering, IT recruitment agency can be related to our candidate selection procedure and eventually placing the right candidate for the right job. We specialise in Construction, IT, Engineering, Customer Service and Support sectors. We provide a comprehensive search and selection service to match your vacancy with the best candidates. Our honesty and integrity, combined with our enthusiasm for filling vacancies with exactly the right candidates, gives exceptional value for money to your organisation.
We happily work with our clients who are ready to partner with us in the selection procedure of the candidates we put forward. We have a wide range of Construction, IT, Engineering and Customer Service jobs listed on our website and have an extensive database of candidates to network with and choose from. We use a wide range of resources and tools, such as our network of partnerships and niche job boards, CV databases, social media sites and our own candidate database, to help our clients fill their vacancies quickly and effectively.