General Ledger Support

Job title: General Ledger Support

Company: Royal Mail


Job description: ​
Job reference 321861
General Ledger SupportCompetitive salary, 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with serve and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
Chesterfield, Future Walk, S49 1PFThis is a hybrid role, working 3 days per week at our Chesterfield office.Explore finance at Royal Mail, where tradition meets innovation. We are a £12.7 billion turnover company with a global reach, where finance professionals can explore unparalleled opportunities. This is a team driving financial growth and shaping the future of a UK icon. Whether it be budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, controls, or company-wide transactions this is an exceptional environment where you can make your mark.Are you a talented, motivated person who wants to develop into a successful finance professional? Do you have excellent numeracy and analytical skills? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a General Leger Support to join our finance team.About the role
Reporting into the Financial Leger Controller, you will support the team in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the General Ledger in accordance with Group policy, financial reporting standards and best accounting practice.You will also:

• Support on wider journal controls, including journal accuracy, journal log records and maintaining a journal rota.
• Take ownership of the Angard process, including a weekly pay reconciliation, PFS payments, and processing invoices as and when required
• Lead on the monthly bonus accrual journal and other journals as required
• Support at period end with the inter-business reconciliation
• Facilitate the balance sheet reconciliations and reporting process
• Aid non-compliance reporting and to raise any issues identified

• Work with the Financial Ledger Controller and the wider Finance Team on other tasks as and when required.

About You
To truly excel in this role, you will possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:

• Fully qualified AAT or working towards full qualification.
• Team worker, where a willingness to help and a flexible approach to work is essential
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Good analytical and communication skills
• An eye for process improvements and streamlining ways of working with the drive to bring these improvements into the workplace

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers – there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing – you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.

*Available only to perm employeesNext StepsThe next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:Closing Date: Tuesday 4th February. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.#LI-POST #RMG #LIMRT #LI-Hybrid

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Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Job date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:58:58 GMT

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