Shared Service Centre Hub Accountant - People Costs Team

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.; Witham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Shared Service Centre Hub Accountant - People Costs Team

Company:
MMC Corporate

Description:
We are seeking a talented individual to join our Shared Service Centre's People Costs team at Marsh McLennan Corporate (MMC). This role will be based in Witham. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As a SSC Hub Accountant, you will be a pro-active, results-led individual who is able to balance multiple deliverables whilst satisfying a strict control environment by retaining the highest standards of governance. Ideally, you will have experience in working within a busy shared services function of a similar organisation.

The MMC EMEA accounting operations team supports 18 countries across Europe and forms part of the controllership function that is responsible for ensuring accounting is in adherence to organisation policies, procedures and SOX requirements. The department is supported by an offshore transactional processing team of approximately 100 employees with onshore headcount at around 40. The teams are functionally aligned as follows: People Costs, Fixed Assets and Facilities, Asset and Liabilities, Revenue & Foreign Exchange, Intercompany, Bank reconciliation, Procure to Pay and Cash Control.

In addition to this, the department has involvement in acquisitions and global projects. It supports initiatives for individual career progression and skill expansion.

This role sits within the People Costs team who are responsible for all activities in relation to accounting for Compensation and Benefits related expenses for the UK/Ireland and Continental Europe entities. Specific responsibilities include preparation of accruals/prepayments, P&L and balance sheet review and analysis, balance sheet reconciliation review/approval, journal creation and approval, payroll interface validations.

We will count on you to:

• Production & control review of all balance sheet reconciliations within functional team remit
• Exception reporting and perform checks prior to issuing
• Ensure timely investigation and resolution of any exception items
• Ensure all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met
• Communicate regularly with offshore counterpart
• Play a lead role in the continuous improvement of business processes
• Record and monitor new tasks through change control process
• Mailbox management
• Attend meetings with managers, colleagues and clients as required
• Assist with other ad-hoc tasks, projects and initiatives as required

What you need to have:

• Part/Qualified ACCA/CIMA (or QBE)
• Advanced skills in Excel - V lookups, pivots
• Flexible and team player - develops close partnerships with onshore and offshore colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and deliver results to short timescales
• Previous proven ability to identify areas to improve efficiency, accuracy and analysis and suggest and implement process improvements
• Exposure to General Ledger Accounting

What makes you stand out:

• Prior experience of Oracle and HFM (preferred but not essential)
• Insurance industry experience would be advantageous but not essential
• Lean/Six Sigma knowledge

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [e-mail].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.