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Finance Ledger Manager

Employer
Aegon UK
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Nov 7, 2024
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Job Role
Manager
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Description Summary

Job Description

Finance Ledger Manager

12 Months Fixed Term Contract



Location:
Edinburgh (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home)




Salary:
A competitive salary from £41,680 - £62,520 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 1st of November 2024

We’re driven by our commitment to helping the UK get ready for retirement. As part of this, we’re constantly developing new ways to simplify, improve and revolutionise how we help individuals, employers, advisers, our communities and the environment. That means we need the right kind of people on our team.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Ledger Manager to join our Finance Operations team on a 12 months fixed term basis.

As Finance Ledger Manager you will lead, manage, coach & mentor a team within our Financial Operations Department ensuring resource is adequately managed to facilitate the day to day activities.

You will be responsible for the controls and integrity of financial data within the ledger and the appropriate reporting of the financial condition of the ledger. You will be required to ensure compliance with the appropriate financial accounting rules and regulations as well as ensuring that daily liquidity funding from trades is robust and accurate in ledger and any breaches recorded in line with process.

In this role you will lead the partnership with key stakeholders to reduce financial risks & exposures in relation to key processes. Identify accounting and process anomalies, investigate and resolve. Produce and use MI to measure effectiveness & process

We’d love to hear from you if you have:
  • Excellent knowledge of Financial Services accounting and Finance environment, including pensions & investment, and banking
  • Strong stakeholder management skills , both internally and externally
  • Excellent knowledge of general ledger and technical accounting
  • Experience of bank and control account reconciliations, over multi currencies
  • Experience of using reconciliation software
  • A growth mindset and passion for identifying and enacting continuous improvement
  • Experience in managing a team or providing support through coaching or mentoring


It is also desirable but not essential to have:
  • An accounting qualification or working towards ACCA/CIMA


What’s in it for you?
  • A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
  • A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
  • 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)


We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

Sound good? You know what to do... click the "Apply" button and see where it can take you.

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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