Job Introduction

The Assistant Accountant will play an active role in the Finance division providing comprehensive and efficient support across various aspects of the day-today accounting such as completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining the Group’s fixed asset registers, preparing statutory returns for local and overseas sales taxes and conducting regular control checks for key systems and reporting in order to ensure the business remains legally compliant and able to effectively support other functions across the Group.

Role Responsibility

• Working with the Financial Accountant, Group Financial Controller and other stakeholders to deliver the annual financial statements for all Group entities as well as for the pension scheme.
• Hands on support to the Finance Business Partners to ensure correct allocation of cost and appropriate treatment of transactions.
• Working with the wider Finance Division to ensure that reporting requirements, both internally and externally,  and deadlines are met.
• Manage all financial accounting transactions and tasks requested by the Finance division in accordance with policy and ensure those which incur costs comply with all financial controls.
• Support the production of metrics from organisational data sources to inform business decisions and actions which results in a measurable improvement in business performance and trends.
• Support the monthly and annual financial accounting processes (Accounts Integrity,, Fixed Assets, Tax, month end and year end processing) within the organisation ensuring timely processing and completion in line with established governance timeframes.
• Support the production of the various parts of the MPS budget as required (bank charges, capital expenditure, depreciation etc) within the Finance division ensuring timely processing and completion in line with governance timeframes.

The Ideal Candidate

• AAT qualification or working towards (or similar)
• Highly numerate
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good IT skills - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook 
• Significant experience in production of reconciliations, identifying and resolving queries 

Package Description

• 12% company pension contribution (3% from the individual)
• Annual bonus scheme up to 10% (for permanent roles)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Care Cash Plan
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

About the Company

Medical Protection Society (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of more than 300,000 members around the world, in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, South Africa and Hong Kong.

We strive to be much more than a last line of defence by being at our members’ side at every step, offering support, advice and world-class defence. Membership provides access to expert advice and support together with the right to request indemnity for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

We continue to invest in our team to ensure that we are delivering the best possible service for members. This was recognised in 2016 when we were awarded an Investors in People Silver award.

Medical Protection Society