Management Accountant

We have an excellent new opportunity for a Senior Management Accountant to join our fast-paced and friendly Finance Department in our central Bristol offices on a 12 month secondment basis. Reporting to the FP&A Manager, the successful candidate will hold responsibility for the production of financial reporting, providing financial analysis and insight to the EMC and Group Controlling, as well as ensuring that financial controls are being applied consistently across the wider business. In addition, you'll carry out internal audits that impact the Financial Statements, which involves working with the business, identifying risks, documenting findings and make recommendations for improvement. You'll hold line management responsibility for the management accounts team, and will work closely to support, coach and develop the team whilst undertaking management duties, such as appraisals and regular 1 2 1's. This is a great opportunity to work closely with internal stakeholders of all levels, including the Head of Business Controlling & Reporting, Finance Director and CFO.

We are keen to hear from candidates that can demonstrate the following:

• Fully qualified or working towards relevant qualifications (CIMA/ACCA)
• Previous Management Accounts experience
• Good working knowledge of database extraction and MS Office applications
• Excellent analytical, numeracy & literacy skills with particular emphasis on MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Team leader experience is desirable, but not essential
  
  ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. It's our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights.
Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas. We have always been aware that it's the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so we're committed to creating a great place to work for our employees. We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career. By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do. If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.

As a team we are passionate and enthusiastic about what we do. Our people are encouraged to think independently and to take ownership of their work. In return for your commitment we will offer you generous remuneration and an attractive benefits package which will include:
• 25 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
• Group Income Protection for all employees
• Group Legal Protection for all employees
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance
• Inclusion in our Health Cash plan
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including free eye tests
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits, wine tasting and shopping trips
We support our people to achieve a work-life balance that works for them and are happy to discuss flexible working options.