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Finance Analyst
Senior Finance Accountant (Month-End Close)
Role Overview
This is a hands-on role with broad exposure across financial reporting and operations, where you will take ownership of key elements of the month-end close.
- Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Preparing journals
- Reviewing financial performance
- Collaborating with stakeholder teams to ensure cost accuracy and understanding
Additionally, you’ll play a crucial role in:
- Strengthening financial controls
- Owning balance sheet reconciliations
- Identifying process improvements and data quality enhancements
The role also offers exposure to wider finance activities:
- Supporting financial statements
- Contributing to audits and regulatory reporting
- Participating in systems and workflow optimisation projects
This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to step beyond transactional finance, gain broader experience, and drive change within an evolving finance function.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review financial journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Work with general ledger (GL) data to ensure accuracy
- Conduct balance sheet reconciliations
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to refine cost recording and reporting processes
- Strengthen financial controls and process efficiency
- Assisting in audit preparation and regulatory reporting
- Contributing to project-based improvements across finance operations
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Requirements
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- Part-qualified or actively studying towards a recognised professional accountancy qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
- finance team, with exposure to month-end reporting processes
- Experience in:
- Preparing financial journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Working with general ledger data
- Strong numerical, analytical, and attention-to-detail skills
- Ability to:
- Work independently and manage priorities
- Meet deadlines effectively
- Advanced Excel skills for effective financial data handling
- Strong communication skills to collaborate with finance and non-finance stakeholders
Flexible & Agile Working Arrangements
We offer flexible working options to accommodate diverse personal needs, including:
- Hybrid model: Office (Canary Wharf, London) or home working, with an expectation to visit the office 1–2 times per week or as required
- Adjustable working hours, days, or compressed schedules
- Consideration for job sharing
Department & Organisational Overview
Finance & Strategic Sourcing Directorate
Led by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Finance and Strategic Sourcing (FSS) Directorate comprises:
- Finance team (core responsibility areas for this role)
- Commercial Management
- Procurement
The Finance function is evolving under the CFO’s leadership, focusing on: ✔ Significant process changes and improvements across the business ✔ Greater synergy and alignment thoughout the Directorate
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About Nest
Nest provides the largest UK workplace pension scheme, commissioned by the government to give every worker a dedicated saving platform.
Our strengths: ✅ Responsible investment practice and exemplary governance ✅ Thriving infrastructure with modern procurement, finance, and operations ✅ Inclusive workplace with flexible, supportive policies
Upholding our commitment to fairness:
- Anti-discrimination: We embrace all backgrounds (diversity of thought, gender, race, disability, sexuality, socioeconomic status, experience, and neurodiversity included).
- Hyper-diversity initiative: Nest champions neurodivergent applicants through its partnership certificate with Jobcentre Plus.
Disability-Confident Leader: Nest is designated as a Disability Confident Leader (highest standard). If you declare your disability during application, we proactively prioritise interviews for those who meet minimum criteria and make reasonable adjustments.
Nevertheless, early closure of this advert may occur if sufficient candidate responses are received.
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Should accommodations be required (e.g., alternative application formats, accessibility tools), email: careers@nestcorporation.org.uk
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