Partnership Accountant

An exciting opportunity for an experienced and capable finance professional to join Ayvens as a Partnership Accountant, in a high profile role working alongside of our strategic partners.

Offered initially for 18 months as a Fixed Term Contract you will perform month end reporting and analysis for key P&L items, in addition to creating partner customer specific reporting requirements. You will also take ownership of Balance Sheet reconciliations for those areas whilst ensuring both internal Group and external reporting deadlines are met.

As mentioned, this is tabled as an 18 Month Fixed Term Contract with a salary in the range of £55,000 - £60,000 plus benefits

Key Responsibilities

Partner Customer Reporting

• Liaising closely with Account Director & Commercial / Operations team to ensure business changes are financially adopted to.

• Work closely with the Customer Invoicing team to ensure billing is accounted for correctly, need to ensure this flows into the correct area within the P&L and provide the team with assistance for any help with the calculations behind the invoicing.

• Assisting the Contract Management team with calculations on the NBV of total loss vehicles.

• Working with the Group team to ensure quarterly settlements for the partner customer are sent in time to avoid any penalties.

• Key point of contact as part of the partner customer’s internal audit. Ensure ownership of controls are carried out correctly.

• Working closely with Implementation team & Contract Management team during vehicle extensions to avoid any billing issues.

• Month end reporting of settlements / vehicle level accounting & posting journals that are required

Specific P&L areas

• Working closely with the FP&A team to ensure end to end reporting of these areas is in line with the business expectations.

• Providing analysis on areas when required for Commercial MBR (Management Report).

• Month end reporting and posting of journals – take ownership of these areas during FD review.

• Taking ownership during external audit for these areas.

• Provide specific monthly reporting for Commercial Departments and being able to assist with any financial insight on monthly movements.

• Group reporting. Being able to assist with any queries from the Group team.

• Taking ownership of these areas during external audit.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Complete monthly recs for the relevant areas of responsibility.

• Support auditors with queries in relation to any samples & walkthroughs or any other adhoc queries.

Skills, Experience & Background

• Solid, demonstrable understanding of financial reporting and balance sheets.

• ACCA, CIMA or ACA Qualified/Finalist or Qualified by Experience

• Excellent knowledge of core Microsoft applications (Word and Excel)

• SAP system experience

• Evidence of ownership of tasks and issues through to completion

• Confident and assertive, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally

• Self-starter with the ability to take the initiative and work pro-actively

• Ability to prioritise, plan and meet strict deadlines

• Experience working in a business with a centralised group finance function

What we can offer, in addition to a great opportunity and a starting salary of £55,000 - £60,000 is detailed;

• Generous contributory pension scheme  

• 25 days holiday, in addition to bank holidays  

• Volunteering days to assist in charity work 

• Sustainability Initiatives  

• Holiday buy / sell (subject to conditions) 

• Travel Insurance (cost associated) 

• Dental Insurance (cost associated) 

• Flexible working options available 

• Study support (where applicable) 

• Enhanced parental leave 

• Referral bonus of £1000 for referring an Employee 

• Cycle2work Scheme  

• EV charging points, bike storage, shower & changing facilities and car parking