Job Title:
Accounts Assistant
Contract Type:
Permanent, Part Time, Full Time,
Salary Range:
£25,000.00 DOE
Location:
Eastleigh Work Level:
WL2 Closing Date for applications:
11/02/2025 Accounts Assistant:
Join our evolving Finance team at Ageas, dedicated to aligning processes and driving efficiency. As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.
Your efforts will support our month-end, quarter-end, and annual reporting processes, and ensure thatcalculations are precise and deadlines are met. Main Responsibilities as Accounts Assistant: ·
Assisting in the delivery of the month end close process through, ensuring that all transactions are accurately recorded in the general ledger which may include items such as (but not limited to): premium and commission accruals, claims provisions,
, accounting for tangible and intangible assets, reinsurance accounting entries, prepayments, and intercompany transactions. ·
Reconciling balance sheet control accounts on a monthly basis, ensuring the transactions are correct within the entity accounts. ·
To assist with reporting to Ageas Group. ·
Produce ad hoc reports and analysis to monitor business performance. ·
Maintain internal financial control processes and accurate procedural documentation. ·
Supporting the team with ad hoc queries and projects. Skills and experience you need as Accounts Assistant: ·
Currently or looking to start studying, with a willingness to progress to a full accountancy qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA. ·
Good Excel skills ·
Experience using Oracle’s E1 (general ledger) and IBM’s Cognos TM1 (reporting tool) is desirable but not essential. ·
Excellent attention to detail, and a core value set that is focused on delivering high quality outputs ·
Excellent numerical skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and interpret financial data, identifying and looking to resolve apparent inconsistencies ·
Strong organisational and planning skills and the ability to prioritise and timetable workflows ·
The ability to work independently, using initiative to follow through investigations logically ·
The ability to respect confidentiality and build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, managers and directors ·
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including timely and open communication and the ability to explain financial concepts to various stakeholders
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Accounts Assistant role based in Eastleigh: At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve,
Top Employer
status in the UK. Flexible Working
- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also
offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days. Supporting your Health
– Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness. Supporting your Wealth
– Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans. Supporting you at Work
- Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more. Supporting you and your Family
– Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay. Benefits for Them
– Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover Getting Around
– Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover Get some Tech
– Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops. Supporting you back to work
- Return to work programme after maternity leave About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the
Race at Work Charter
and
Women in Finance Charter,
member of
iCAN
and
GAIN.
As a
Disability Confident Leader,
we are committed to ensuring our
recruitment processes are fully inclusive. Tha
Accounts Assistant
Contract Type:
Permanent, Part Time, Full Time,
Salary Range:
£25,000.00 DOE
Location:
Eastleigh Work Level:
WL2 Closing Date for applications:
11/02/2025 Accounts Assistant:
Join our evolving Finance team at Ageas, dedicated to aligning processes and driving efficiency. As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate and timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.
Your efforts will support our month-end, quarter-end, and annual reporting processes, and ensure thatcalculations are precise and deadlines are met. Main Responsibilities as Accounts Assistant: ·
Assisting in the delivery of the month end close process through, ensuring that all transactions are accurately recorded in the general ledger which may include items such as (but not limited to): premium and commission accruals, claims provisions,
, accounting for tangible and intangible assets, reinsurance accounting entries, prepayments, and intercompany transactions. ·
Reconciling balance sheet control accounts on a monthly basis, ensuring the transactions are correct within the entity accounts. ·
To assist with reporting to Ageas Group. ·
Produce ad hoc reports and analysis to monitor business performance. ·
Maintain internal financial control processes and accurate procedural documentation. ·
Supporting the team with ad hoc queries and projects. Skills and experience you need as Accounts Assistant: ·
Currently or looking to start studying, with a willingness to progress to a full accountancy qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA. ·
Good Excel skills ·
Experience using Oracle’s E1 (general ledger) and IBM’s Cognos TM1 (reporting tool) is desirable but not essential. ·
Excellent attention to detail, and a core value set that is focused on delivering high quality outputs ·
Excellent numerical skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and interpret financial data, identifying and looking to resolve apparent inconsistencies ·
Strong organisational and planning skills and the ability to prioritise and timetable workflows ·
The ability to work independently, using initiative to follow through investigations logically ·
The ability to respect confidentiality and build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, managers and directors ·
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including timely and open communication and the ability to explain financial concepts to various stakeholders
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Accounts Assistant role based in Eastleigh: At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve,
Top Employer
status in the UK. Flexible Working
- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also
offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days. Supporting your Health
– Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness. Supporting your Wealth
– Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans. Supporting you at Work
- Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more. Supporting you and your Family
– Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay. Benefits for Them
– Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover Getting Around
– Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover Get some Tech
– Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops. Supporting you back to work
- Return to work programme after maternity leave About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the
Race at Work Charter
and
Women in Finance Charter,
member of
iCAN
and
GAIN.
As a
Disability Confident Leader,
we are committed to ensuring our
recruitment processes are fully inclusive. Tha
