Pensions Accounting Manager

We are working with a large not for profit organisation to recruit for a Pensions Accounting Manager

The successful post holder will take responsibility for all of the financial accounting arrangements for the three multi-employer pension schemes, including a common investment fund, and some other investment vehicles

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring a strong financial control environment is maintained and that all income, expenditure and asset movements are correctly accounted for
• Preparing annual statutory financial reports for the pension schemes, Common Investment Fund, Thorney Island GP Limited, and Thorney Island Limited Partnership in accordance with UK GAAP and the Pensions SORP
• Ensuring the pension scheme accounting records within the finance system are kept up to date by posting monthly journals and performing monthly reconciliations
• Reviewing the year-end trial balances, analysing key variances with previous years to identify potential omissions or misstatements
• Managing training and performance of the team individually and collectively, monitoring performance, providing regular feedback and encouraging initiative and ideas

Person Specification:

• Fully Qualified Finance Professional (Essential)
• Excellent technical accounting skills, with particular specialism in Pension accounting
• Ability to manipulate data, analyse information, identify anomalies and extract pertinent information. Excellent attention to detail
• 3 years post qualification financial accounting experience including the production of accounts for pension schemes or similar entities
• Highly developed analytical skills, able to provide insightful, accurate analysis of complex financial data and communicate clearly to finance and non-finance audiences
• SAP (Finance System) and/or UPM (Pensions administration system) experience

Salary:  £75k per annum

Contract Type: 2 year FTC 

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Agency Reference Number: J76750

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so please get your applications in early to avoid missing out!

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates