We are working with a large not for profit organisation to recruit for a Pensions Accounting Manager
The successful post holder will take responsibility for all of the financial accounting arrangements for the three multi-employer pension schemes, including a common investment fund, and some other investment vehicles
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring a strong financial control environment is maintained and that all income, expenditure and asset movements are correctly accounted for
- Preparing annual statutory financial reports for the pension schemes, Common Investment Fund, Thorney Island GP Limited, and Thorney Island Limited Partnership in accordance with UK GAAP and the Pensions SORP
- Ensuring the pension scheme accounting records within the finance system are kept up to date by posting monthly journals and performing monthly reconciliations
- Reviewing the year-end trial balances, analysing key variances with previous years to identify potential omissions or misstatements
- Managing training and performance of the team individually and collectively, monitoring performance, providing regular feedback and encouraging initiative and ideas
Person Specification:
- Fully Qualified Finance Professional (Essential)
- Excellent technical accounting skills, with particular specialism in Pension accounting
- Ability to manipulate data, analyse information, identify anomalies and extract pertinent information. Excellent attention to detail
- 3 years post qualification financial accounting experience including the production of accounts for pension schemes or similar entities
- Highly developed analytical skills, able to provide insightful, accurate analysis of complex financial data and communicate clearly to finance and non-finance audiences
- SAP (Finance System) and/or UPM (Pensions administration system) experience
Salary: £75k per annum
Contract Type: 2 year FTC
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Agency Reference Number: J76750
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so please get your applications in early to avoid missing out!
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