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Provident Financial Group
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Bradford, West Yorkshire
Cost Assistant Accountant
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Established in 1880, Provident Financial Group (PFG) is one of the UK's leading suppliers of personal credit products to the non-standard lending market. We are a FTSE 250 Company employing over 3,000 staff throughout the UK and Ireland. Provident delivers non-standard lending through our businesses - Vanquis Bank, Provident Home Credit, Satsuma Loans, Moneybarn and Cheque Exchange. About the role: We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our Finance department as a Cost Assistant Accountant. The cost team is responsible for maintaining an ongoing and accurate rolling budget for costs. This role involves meeting and communicating with Heads of Functions and Senior Managers of other departments monthly, in order to discuss monthly and yearly variances, and feed in their expectations of spend for the year ahead. You will ensure that constant analysis against budget is maintained and this is then communicated to the Directors monthly. Key responsibilities will include: Provision of information in line with defined monthly internal timetables. Analysing monthly variances to budget and helping to maintain an explanation for full year variances to budget on costs for both business-as-usual cost centres and projects. Reflecting monthly actuals within the rolling budget models and performing headcount reconciliations for both field and head office employees. Holding monthly meetings with cost centre holders. Assisting in the preparation of schedules for director cost control meetings. Uploading a rolling budget each month with timely accurate information for the current month. Assisting towards the preparation and delivery of a bi-annual budget. Resolution of ad-hoc queries. Ad-hoc reporting to cost centre holders / project managers to aid them in managing and understanding their costs. Downloading and manipulating data/information from CODA. Use of the Anaplan modelling system. The skills and experience you will have: We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic individual who is adaptable to change, keen to learn new skills, eager to meet key stakeholders across the business and looking to work towards their accountancy qualification. Confidence to lead meetings. Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with people at all levels in an organisation. Demonstrate a high attention to detail. Able to work under own initiative, with minimal supervision. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Flexible, adaptable and strives to meet deadlines. Desirable skills and experience, but not essential: Understands the requirements of an FCA regulated business. Previous experience within a finance department. Experience of budgeting. Anaplan knowledge. Degree or equivalent. AAT qualified or part qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA/ICAS. Why choose a career with us? Here at Provident, we like to let our employees know that we appreciate their hard work by offering competitive salaries and a range of reward schemes as well as regular performance management reviews and appraisals so that you can monitor your career progress. On top of that, here are some additional benefits: Full study support offered towards Accountancy qualification e.g. CIMA/ACCA 25 days annual holiday in addition to bank holidays Discretionary annual bonus Pension scheme with Company contributions Life assurance Permanent Health Insurance of 50% after 2 year's service Colleague Perks at Work recognition schemes Discounted Onsite Gym Membership available Subsidised staff restaurant Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity Provident is one of a select group of forward thinking organisations that have signed up for the National Equality Standard (NES). The NES provides a cultural assessment through the lens of diversity. It looks across all 9 protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010 to ensure true inclusion in the workplace. The NES adopts a pragmatic & holistic approach to EDI and achieving it will enable Provident to showcase our business as leaders in this field.