Job Description
This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career in accounts as a Graduate Trainee Accountant in the Stepstone UK finance function.
Reporting to the Finance Business Partner the role will focus on managing costs across the business within agreed budgets.
This is an exciting opportunity which offers you with the opportunity to gain key financial skills and experience of accounting fundamentals across multiple areas of finance.
A competitive study support package is included.
Your Responsibilities
1. Working with Finance Business Partners and budget holders to create and update budgets and forecasts.
2. Reviewing monthly costs with budget holders and providing support from a financial perspective.
3. Participate in month end close, creating accruals and prepayments.
4. Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts.
5. Create and prepare reports to assist budget holders in managing their budgets.
6. Liaising with other members of the finance team to ensure correct reporting.
7. Sales commission calculations.
8. Cost base review and reconciliation.
9. The role will also include general finance tasks such as balance sheet reconciliations, ad hoc analysis and providing support to other members of the team as necessary.
Qualifications
10. Minimum of 12 months’ work experience preferably gained within a finance function
11. Numerate and a strong attention to detail
12. Organised and able to work to tight deadlines
13. Confident, motivated and results oriented
14. Intermediate Excel skills
Additional Information
Your benefits
We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:
15. 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
16. Private medical and dental healthcare
17. Pension contribution up to 10%
18. Training and development opportunities
19. Cycle to work scheme
20. Hybrid working model
21. Volunteering days
Our commitment
Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.