Assistant Accountant (part time)

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters.

The primary responsibility of the role is to assist the Finance department and the wider organisation in relation to Expenses, bank reconciliations and certain management accounts support functions.

This is an important role supporting the Finance team at LCP and will require the successful candidate to be confident in communicating with Partners and Staff at all levels. The candidate must also be able to demonstrate a record of attention to detail and a strong work ethic. Being able to work effectively in a team, building strong relationships, taking ownership of a task and showing initiative are key skills required.

The role will be varied requiring the candidate to be able to learn in detail the expenses system and procedures so that they can effectively process claims and support Partners and Staff with their queries. 

Ideally the candidate will have worked in a Finance/Accounting department before whether that be purchase ledger, management accounts or general bookkeeping.

Hours stated of 21 – 28 hours per week can be flexible with regards to days worked / mornings / afternoons / number of days preferred.

The main responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Core responsibilities: Expenses

• Processing - ensure payments processed per LCP guidelines
• Payments - BACS and online payments
• Maintaining staff vendor list (Bank details, e-mails for remittances)
• General expense queries from staff and Partners

Additional cover: Treasury

• Daily Bank reconciliations for main UK bank account
• Monthly bank reconciliations for currency and other bank accounts (12 accounts)
• Run daily Star/Navision interface (Finance Systems Interface)
• Ad hoc journals in Navision
• Daily cash (cash forecast) process including tracking actuals to forecast

Desirable skills:

Microsoft Navision

Office 365 including Teams

Previous Finance experience (Purchase ledger/Expenses)

A financial or accounting background is desired but not essential as training and support will be given to all aspects of the job.  Having a good attitude, acute attention to detail, a willingness to try new things and take ownership of a task and a confidence to be a fully active member of the team is most important.   As there will be a lot of contact at all levels of LCP, the ability to demonstrate good communication skills are vital.

A good understanding of all the Microsoft suite of applications is important, especially Excel and Teams. Any additional knowledge of invoicing systems (not necessarily Star as training will be provided) and ledger systems such as Microsoft Navision is advantageous.

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor page to see why our people love being here!  As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you: 

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family: 

• Life assurance (6 x salary)
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health: 

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth: 

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others: 

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, we encourage you to get in touch with Karina Lee, Angie Lewis or Julie Newall via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application.