Job Description

Assistant Accountant

Salary - Competitive + Benefits (please enquire to find out more)

Based in the Midlands - Hybrid Working

LGPS Central Limited is a fund management company, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), managing the pooled assets of eight Midlands-based local government pension funds.

With combined assets of approximately \xc2\xa355bn, and representing the retirement savings of over 900,000 scheme members across over 2000 employers, LGPS Central Limited\xe2\x80\x99s Partner Funds are; Cheshire Pension Fund, Derbyshire Pension Fund, Leicestershire Pension Fund, Nottinghamshire Pension Fund, Shropshire Pension Fund, Staffordshire Pension Fund, West Midlands Pension Fund and Worcestershire Pension Fund.

Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds.

Our Values:

• We are a great place to work
• We are Client Focused We are Inclusive
• We are Ambitious

Our Behaviours:

• Open, fair and transparent, acting with integrity.
• Doing the right thing.
• Honest and trustworthy Empowered in making right decisions
• Collegiate and Collaborative.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate to join our Finance team.

This role will suit someone with experience in a similar technical role and the ability to communicate well and build relationships quickly will be key for this role, as well as being able to grasp the structure of the organization and how we operate.

The Assistant Accountant will be responsible for supporting the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Manager in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of the company\xe2\x80\x99s financial operations.

The role will be responsible for making a significant contribution to the work of the Finance team as a whole, including financial reporting and management accounting, budgeting, regulatory reporting, cost-sharing reporting to partner funds and operational finance.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience/Competence:

• Able to communicate technical Finance information in a way which is understandable and relevant.
• Good reasoning and problem-solving skills, able to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Able to use own initiative within delegated authority.
• Active participant in continuous personal and professional development, who seeks to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of matters relevant to their area of work.
• Able to build effective relationships with peers in the company.
• Highly organised and able to work to deadlines and manage competing priorities under significant time pressures.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of working in a Finance, Pensions or Investments role.
• Strong ethics and integrity, and an analytical
• Able to act as an ambassador for the Finance team within the company
• Able to understand the overarching aims and objectives of the company, and how the work of the Finance team contributes to these.
• Innovative and actively challenges existing ways of working, driving improvements within the Finance team.
• A good team-player who is able to work collaboratively and support other members of the Finance team.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified CCAB/CIMA Accountant; or
• AAT-qualified; or
• At least 3 GCSEs including Mathematics

What do we offer?

We are a diverse, dynamic and forward-looking employer and are members of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. Below is a selection of benefits we offer our employees:

• Competitive salary
• An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme
• 30 days\' paid holiday plus bank holidays
• 2 days paid volunteering days.
• An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays
• Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities
• Welfare and Family-friendly policies
• Enhanced pay for new parents
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme- 24-7 Health & Wellbeing Support
• Hybrid Working
• Company Service Awards
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Brand New Office Space
• Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 - Personnel Today Awards 2022
• Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year - FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023
• Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award - LAPF In Investments Award 2023

LGPS Central