Job Description

What you'll bring to the team:
Financial Assistant - R2R Cash Accounting
Location: Merlin Finance Hub, Basingstoke
Division: Corporate Finance
Contract Type: Permanent role with hybrid working
About the Role
We're looking for a Financial Assistant - R2R Cash Accounting to join our Global Record to Report (R2R) team within Corporate Finance. This is a great opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to build strong stakeholder relationships while developing their technical accounting skills.
You'll play a key role in ensuring accurate cash accounting, balance sheet integrity, and timely month-end reporting across multiple international legal entities.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare weekly and monthly journals, working closely with key business partners
Deliver accurate and timely month-end reporting in line with the Finance Hub timetable
Complete balance sheet reconciliations and support reviews with Finance Hub Managers
Process cash accounting activities across international legal entities
Reconcile cash applications and disbursements, ensuring timely resolution of outstanding items
Monitor and clear banking reconciling items, taking ownership of queries through to resolution
Maintain strong financial controls in line with group policies and procedures
Support daily, weekly, and monthly reporting in line with the centralised reporting strategy
Liaise with internal and external audit teams
Develop, document, and maintain standard operating procedures
Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Qualifications & Experience:
What We're Looking For
Essential:
Degree qualified or 2+ years' experience in a finance role
Bank reconciliation experience (essential)
Experience with month-end close processes and posting journals
Intermediate Excel skills
Strong attention to detail with a proactive, analytical mindset
Desirable:
Experience working in a shared service or global finance environment
Exposure to process improvement and standardisation initiatives
Confident communicator able to work across multiple teams and functions
Comfortable working in a flexible and changing environment
Key Competencies
Strong communication skills to coordinate month-end close across multiple functions
Proactive approach to problem-solving and issue resolution
Ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships
High level of ownership and accountability Benefits:

• 40% discount off LEGO sets and products on the online LEGO Store!
• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you're using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
• Private pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Ongoing training & development

About Merlin
A job with Merlin isn't like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don't trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests' experiences are the best they can be.
If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Skills Required