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Aegon Hiring for Trainee Accountant ACCA Job at Edinburgh, Scotland Full Time
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Job Description Summary
Job Description
Trainee Accountant ACCA – Financial Controls Team
People are living longer than ever before, and we’re excited by the opportunities this brings. As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it – however grand or humble their ambitions. Working at Aegon, you’ll play an important part in helping achieve this. We have three behaviours that are central to how we operate as a team and a business: we step up, we tune in, and we’re a force for good.
The Role
As part of the Financial Controls team, you will perform a range of oversight and assurance activities compliant with relevant regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley and Solvency II, and with Aegon methodologies and practices. You’ll also gain insight across the wider Finance function, as well as change activities impacting the wider UK business.
Key responsibilities
Working closely with our external auditor, you will:
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Review documentation of business processes, risks and controls. Arrange and conduct process walkthroughs to confirm the accuracy of the documentation and assess the design effectiveness of the controls, including through effective challenge. Produce related documentary evidence of walkthroughs
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Conduct testing of key controls to assess effectiveness, to identify deficiencies and related control improvements. Liaise with process and control owners to identify solutions to control issues, at the earliest opportunity, and agree remediation actions and timescales for control weaknesses and deficiencies identified. Produce and maintain high quality documentation and other records of the testing performed to meet the standards of those who place reliance on the work conducted, including external audit
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Plan and deliver own tasks in accordance with the overall programme of risk and assurance activities of the Financial Controls Team
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Build relationships with 1st and 2nd line colleagues and others to support collaborative work, whilst also maintaining a suitable level of independence
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Providing challenge, support and advice to process and control owners within Finance and the wider business to influence them to develop, embed and maintain a strong risk and control culture
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Deliver reporting and management information to meet the needs of stakeholders, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Steering Committee, Management Committees, Aegon Group and external audit
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Contribute to the development of improvements to the methods and processes of the Financial Controls Team and wider business to add value and to drive control improvements and efficiency
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Assist with wider Finance activities as may be reasonably required
Skills
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Logical/analytical thinking – able to understand processes and assess related risks and controls, and to analyse data
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Stakeholder management – consulting, building relationships, influencing, and challenging
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Written and oral communication
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Problem solving
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Attention to detail
Knowledge
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Graduate degree in a relevant subject, for instance Accounting or Finance
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We’ll also consider those with relevant experience who’d like to begin their ACCA studies
How we will support you through qualification
You’ll benefit from the training and development opportunities you would expect from a leading global organisation. At the same time, we’re still of a size that allows individuals to stand out, which means we’ll listen to and respect your findings – and act on them.
We’ll be there to support you every step of your ACCA journey, with study leave which is flexible enough to be taken when you feel you need it. We’ll pay for your course and exam fees and back these up with all your study materials and a dedicated mentor.
As well as a competitive starting salary you’ll also be eligible for stepped salary increases throughout the programme, provided exam and performance standards are met.
How we look after you
Outside of a competitive salary, working with us comes with a range of benefits that you can access from day one, including:
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Non-contributary pension between 8-12% dependent on age
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Life assurance cover
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Private medical cover and health assessments
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Access toPeppy
– a digital health app for employees of all genders with a range of support covering areas such as general health, menopause, fertility, baby etc
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Critical Illness cover
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A suite of enhanced parental leave policies to support you in the moments that matter
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Holiday trading
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Private GP appointments with Doctor at Hand
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Cycle2Work scheme
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2 paid days per year for charitable volunteering
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Employee wellbeing is key to our culture. We offer a range of online classes to support this, including yoga and meditation
We champion a collaborative, supportive working environment where you’ll have the opportunity to develop yourself and your career in a way that works for you. Our reward programmes encourage peer-to-peer recognition, and we offer a discretionary annual bonus dependent on company and individual performance.
How we look after the community and the environment
Aegon supports local causes that align with our purpose and ambitions. Our goal is to serve and strengthen the communities where we do business and create a better quality of life for everyone. Our employees are encouraged to support charities they feel passionate about and are offered volunteering days.
Responsible investment is a key element of Aegon’s company-wide approach to sustainability. Aegon is committed to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, we have over 30 years’ experience managing responsible investments and offer over 200 responsible investment options across our platforms.
Flexible working
We’re transitioning to our new normal, and we’re welcoming everyone back to working in new, collaborative, and exciting ways. We’ve adopted a hybrid environment of remote and office working, so it’s important that you live within a commutable distance to our offices.
We know that people have busy lives and commitments outside of work, so we offer flexible work arrangements where possible to support our employees.
We’re an equal opportunities employer
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
As an international and multicultural business, we celebrate a range of festive days to support the rich diversity of our employees. Our Chief Marketing Officer leads our own LGBTQ+ community group, and we proudly sponsor Pride events across the UK.
We also work with key partners like
Black Professionals Scotland
to support our commitment to equal opportunities in the workplace.
Find out more about
how our people matter.
Who we’re made up of
We’re a company of ambitious, collaborative, problem-solvers who get things done. We strive to make sure everyone that works for us feel seen, heard, and valued – so we’re looking for like-minded people to join us.
What you need to know
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you the job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.