Accounts Assistant

To keep up with our growth in the UK and Ireland, we're looking for a dedicated Accounts Assistant to support the Sales Ledger Finance Manager in managing incoming revenue, maintaining accurate financial records, and completing key accounting activities across the NFP UK Holdings group of companies. The role will be based in our Bromsgrove office. Here at NFP (an Aon company), we pride ourselves on being a local business with a global reach. This isn't just corporate jargon, it highlights our commitment to building close, lasting personal relationships with our clients, while possessing the rare capability of solving their full range of business and people challenges around the world. This role will entail:

• Managing incoming commissions by supporting the wider team, to ensure all incoming commissions for the business lines (Employee Benefits, Wealth, HR advisory) are recorded accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Processing commission related bank transactions and ensuring bank reconciles.
• Overseeing invoices, ensuring sales invoices are raised and issued as required for the relevant business entities.
• Working with the broader finance group to help build the annual budgets and reforecast as required throughout the year.
• Assisting the group in the completion of audit requests as and when required
• Supporting the wider finance team in the preparation of month end reporting documents as required
• Assisting with transformation activity across the group in order to improve and streamline finance processes
• Aiding with ad-hoc finance projects as required.
• Chasing commission revenue not received as encouraged in a timely manner We're looking for someone with:
• Good communication to communicate effectively across the business with colleagues and with external clients via e-mail, phone or face to face
• Strong stakeholder management, with the ability to build effective relationships with external partners and ensure the timely delivery of objectives whilst managing the expectations of stakeholders regarding delivery timescales.
• A pro-activeness, who works at a fast pace but doesn't sacrifice attention to detail and enjoys being busy
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring that work is checked thoroughly and picks up on small errors. Able to compare numerical and written information and spot patterns and/or discrepancies.
• Accounting experience in a fast-paced working environment
• Experience with Workday preferred but not crucial Who is NFP With over 600 people in the UK and Ireland and over 8,000 employees worldwide, NFP is part of the Aon group and specialise in helping businesses in four core areas:
• Insurance (helping them manage key risks)
• Health and safety (supporting them to create a safer workplace for their employees)
• Employee benefits (helping them reward their people more effectively)
• HR, people and talent (supporting employers and their people to thrive through changes and challenges) What you'll love about working here
• Working in a dynamic, fast-paced organisation in an exciting industry
• The opportunity to do globally impactful work from day one
• Learning from industry and business line specialists with decades of experience
• A huge variety of projects to work on and challenges to solve
• Our People First culture, which illustrates our commitment to your wellbeing and development, not just as an employee but as a human being
• A rich suite of employee benefits and out-of-work perk The great benefits we offer: Finances It's important to know you're paid fairly for the hard work you put in, which is why we complete regular reviews to keep your salary in line as you progress. Plus, we offer initiatives to support and give you financial peace of mind.
• Matched employer pension contributions
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection