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About Legend
At Legend, we're building next-level player experiences. With 20+ years of proven success we’re the world's leading Sports and Gaming marketing company.
Our people are our edge. 600+ sharp, ambitious Legends across 22+ countries who move fast, learn quickly and win together. Here growth isn’t a perk, it’s the standard. You’ll stretch, level-up and carve out a career as bold as the products we build. We celebrate wins and create experiences that people talk about for years - for our players & for each other. If you’re ready to shape the future of player experience and enjoy the ride while you do it, this is where you’ll thrive.
The Role
Legend is hiring a Financial Accountant, reporting to our Senior Financial Reporting Manager in St Helier, Jersey.
The Financial Reporting team sits at the heart of our global Finance function, ensuring the business has accurate, reliable financial information while continually improving how we report, analyse and use data.
As a Financial Accountant, you'll play an important role in delivering high-quality financial reporting while helping the team become more efficient through better processes, automation and data analysis.
This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified accountant who enjoys solving problems, working with data and finding smarter ways of doing things. You'll gain exposure across financial reporting, business performance and process improvement within a fast-growing, multinational listed business.
Your Impact
- Support the preparation of accurate monthly, quarterly and year-end financial reporting.
- Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, supporting schedules and working papers.
- Analyse financial information to identify trends, investigate variances and highlight potential risks or opportunities.
- Work across the balance sheet, P&L and cash flow to improve reporting quality and financial insight.
- Build, improve and automate reporting processes using Excel and other data tools to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Partner with Finance Operations, FP&A and wider Finance teams to improve the quality and consistency of financial information.
- Use data to challenge existing processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate reporting.
- Support audit and governance activities throughout the reporting cycle.
- Contribute to projects that help Finance scale as the business continues to grow.
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What You’ll Bring
- Newly qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA.
- Experience gained in practice or industry within a finance or accounting environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial data and investigate issues.
- Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, logical structures and manipulating large datasets.
- Experience using Power Query, Alteryx or similar data tools would be highly advantageous.
- A genuine interest in improving processes, automating manual tasks and making reporting more efficient.
- Excellent attention to detail and pride in producing high-quality work.
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to collaborate across Finance and explain financial information clearly.
- Curious, proactive and motivated by continuous improvement.
The Interview Process
- Interview with the Talent Partner (30 mins via Zoom)
- 1 hour onsite Interview with the Senior Financial Reporting Manager and People Partner.
- Final interview with the Head of Financial Reporting and the Financial Controller (1 hour via Zoom).
- Informal meeting with the Head of Finance onsite at the Jersey office.
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Why Legend?
- Super smart colleagues to work alongside and learn from.
- Engaging development opportunities at all levels.
- Tailored flexibility for your work-life balance.
- Annual discretionary bonus to reward your efforts.
- Paid annual leave PLUS a well-deserved break to recharge your batteries during the festive season! Our offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's, allowing you to enjoy downtime without dipping into your annual allowance.
- Exciting global Legend events, where we unite in person to ignite our shared passion and unveil the exciting strategies for the year ahead!
- Unlock your full potential by joining the Legend team. To support you on this journey, we provide an extensive array of benefits and perks, as outlined in our global offerings above. For country specific benefits please reach out to your talent partner.
Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Legend is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and diverse team- which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout your application process, please speak to your Talent Partner or contact the team on talent@l1.com, and we'll do all we can to support you.
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