At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters.
This is a vacancy for a Trainee Accounts Assistant who will work as part of the Pensions Administration Department, Accounting team, providing accounting services to clients and other teams within the firm. The successful candidate will be based in Winchester but may, from time to time, be required to work in our London office.
The main tasks that the person will be involved with are as follows:
1. Preparing Pension Scheme Report & Accounts for Schemes within timescales for a portfolio of clients involving:
* Reconciliation of investments and AVC accounts, preparation of statutory pension scheme Trustee Report and Accounts with supporting working papers, including preparation of the Trustee’s Report and any other accompanying information
* Managing auditors through the audit process, ensuring that the provision of information and resolution of queries are completed to enable the accounts to be completed within the legally prescribed timescales and client requirements
* Attendance at client and auditor meetings as required
1. Assisting in other aspects of the team’s work including:
* Operation of client bank accounts
* Bank reconciliations on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
The following skills and qualities are required:
* Numerate and accuracy
* Good writing skills
* Initiative
* Common sense
* Good communication skills
* Well organized
This job description describes the principle purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule and is not part of the contract of employment.
What’s in it for you?
Take a look at our Glassdoor page to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people-first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently, our core benefits package includes:
For you:
* Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
* Professional study support (where applicable)
* Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks
For your family:
* Life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave
For your health:
* 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
* Private medical insurance
* Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
* Cycle to work scheme
* Digital GP services
For your wealth:
* Discretionary bonus scheme
* Season ticket loans
For others:
* Volunteering opportunities
For the environment:
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)
And much more!
We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.
LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch with Karina Lee, Angie Lewis, and Julie Newall via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application.
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