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Trainee Accountant

Employer
BSI
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (GB)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Apr 16, 2021

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Job Details

Great that you're thinking about a career with BSI!

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Finance Shared Service Centre (FSSC) in Milton Keynes, working as a Trainee Accountant.

This role offers a great opportunity for someone who is looking to begin their accountancy career.  The role will provide the ideal candidate with the relevant training in the different aspects of the month-end process together with the opportunity to progress through study and hands–on–assignments. In this role you’ll be responsible for supporting the Fixed Asset accounting process and managing the intercompany process between the UK entities with their counterparties in Asia Pacific, Americas, and European offices.  You will also be involved on the month end postings of journals and accruals together with the preparation of reconciliations and making sure that the all tax, legal and statutory obligations are met, including the preparation of VAT returns.  

Organization skills and excellent accuracy are at the heart of this role as you’ll be required to ensure all data and information is valid and correct.  In addition, communication skills are a must as you’ll be working closely with the FSSC team and colleagues across all functions and all businesses in the EMEA region provide support and guidance on finance processes. You’ll also be proactively liaising with all our different departments ensuring that processes are operating effectively, as well as the businesses across the EMEA region.

About Us

As the leading global business standards company BSI helps 80,000 clients worldwide to improve their businesses. From business continuity to recycling waste, from medical devices to the exploration of space, we help businesses embed the habits of excellence so that they perform better, manage their risks more effectively and achieve sustainable growth and in doing so we touch the lives of many across the globe.

About You

To be successful in this role you’ll have a strong academic background (graduate in Accounting or Finance or a degree with significant accounting content) and wish to qualify/study for a ACCA or CIMA accounting qualification. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a variety of areas across the business, so you’ll be highly organized and detail conscious, be able to work at a fast pace and have a proactive “can do” attitude.  You will be a competent IT user. 

In addition, you’ll be:

  • Collaborative and team orientated
  • A good communicator at all levels within the organization
  • Confident and eager to take responsibility and ownership.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

To protect our candidates and BSI employees during the Covid-19 outbreak, all interviews will take place remotely.

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About BSI

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

BSI (British Standards Institution) is the business standards company that equips businesses with the necessary solutions to turn standards of best practice into habits of excellence. Renowned for its marks of excellence including the consumer recognized BSI Kitemark, BSI’s influence spans multiple sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Built Environment, Food, Healthcare and ICT. With over 80,000 clients in 170 countries, BSI is an organization whose standards inspire excellence across the globe.

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