Provide analytical support and management information to business partners.  Review and approve daily and monthly Accounting Operations transactions and take responsibility for reconciliations.  Assist with the preparation of financial ledgers and trial balances from which statutory financial accounts, tax and other regulatory returns can be produced.

• You will prepare and submit journals for posting to the Oracle accounting system as part of statutory financial or regulatory reporting period end close, in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
• You will be responsible for financial reconciliations, including the investigation and clearance of outstanding items, as per deadlines mandated in the Accounting Operations timetable, ensuring the reasons for reconciling items are clearly and concisely explained.
• You will contribute to the accurate and timely preparation of the monthly financial / management accounts, related revenue, balance sheet, tax or other regulatory returns in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
• You will assist and deliver analytical support and management information to various business units, as well as ad hoc requests from Accounting Operations management.
• You will adhere to robust financial controls in compliance with Group Standards, statutory and regulatory requirements and the risk and control framework.  Maintain procedure notes, ensuring they are up to date and fit for purpose.  Assist internal or external auditors as and when required.
• You will be responsible for identifying and resolving issues and errors found in Accounting Operations processes, as well as for identifying opportunities for process improvement, adding and maintaining them on the continuous improvement log and progressing them through to execution.
• You will assist with the maintenance, development and integration of relevant systems and support the team with projects, in particular testing, as and when required.
• You will ensure that the appropriate Finance MI, process and systems are in place to provide support to the product divisions so that customers are treated fairly in line with Legal & General’s Customer Experience and TCF policy.

• Either part or newly qualified accountant or qualified by at least 3 years relevant experience within a Finance environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including excel, word and PowerPoint.
• Experience of working on a core accounting system and performing ledger postings and reconciliations.
• Experience of using, extracting and reporting data from accounting and other office based administration systems.
• Attention to detail and able to work accurately to tight deadlines.  Performs inbuilt reconciliations and can identify errors in outputs.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills, with an ability to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Able to work independently or as part of a team, while planning and prioritising tasks.
• Proactively seeks solutions to problems and escalates concerns and challenges existing processes and suggest improvements.
• Clarifies objectives, aims and timescales to deliver the required outcome.  Can prioritise workloads effectively and obtain relevant information to assist in decision-making.
• Builds and develops strong relationships with peers and within the Accounting Ops leadership team, as well as acting as a valued business partner to other parts of the business.

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.