Legal & General Group Plc Hiring for Assistant Accountant Job at London, England Full Time

Your role at a glance

Housing is a major growth opportunity for the Legal & General Group and is a high profile initiative supported by the Board executive. L&G Affordable Homes is a new wholly owned subsidiary of Legal & General, tasked with bringing much-needed, volume institutional equity capital to the UK social housing sector.

In this exciting role, you will supports the finance activities of the business and manages the day to day transaction processing activities and support for the management accounts. Its an excellent opportunity for you to join a fast scaling business, in an dynamic and intramural environment whether you will have the opportunity tiny to learn and develop your practice. If you are an enthusiastic self starter, interested in working in an agile start up up environment, and with an understanding of a corporate environment and ability to work to Group deadlines, this opportunity is unrivaled.

What you’ll be doing

• To undertake day-to-day operational finance
• Accounts receivable invoicing and reconciliations
• To produce VAT postings and manage VAT reporting
• To process staff expenses
• Ensure invoices are appropriately authorised.
• Assist with uploading the weekly payment to our payment system ensuring all controls are followed
• Setting up of new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details
• Filing of posted invoices
• To assist in the preparation of statutory accounts and year end audit
• To assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts and accounts analysis
• Maintain master data for suppliers and contracts
• Act as a business partner with the development team to ensure correct coding of costs and providing analysis where required

What we’re looking for

• Part-qualified accountant or with experience of accounting roles

Experience and Skills

• Experience of accounts reconciliations and regulatory returns (VAT, CIS etc)
• Knowledge of property or construction businesses an advantage
• An ability to work in a start-up environment and establish processes and controls
• An ability to work in an agile way
• An understanding of the corporate environment and ability to work to Group deadlines

Benefits