Role summary
This role is key to accurate and timely production of management accounts, ensuring strong controls are adhered to and working with the business to help provide meaningful data and reports.
As the Management Accountant, you will:
- Contribute to the month end close process
- Adhere to accounting policy and controls
- Business partner with departments
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who may be currently working in Accounting and part - newly qualified, who is looking to expand their skills and build their career with an industry leader.
What you’ll bring to the role
A part or newly qualified Accountant
Strong Excel skills
Experience of month close procedures
Experience with process improvement and streamlining is preferable
Ability to multi task, work well under pressure and use own initiative
Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines
Ability to work autonomously and make decisions
Effective communication of financial information to non-finance people
Attention to detail
Positive and pro-active team player
What we do
Kaplan Professional is a leading provider of apprenticeships, accountancy / tax / finance & banking courses, and professional assessments. For almost 80 years, we've helped shape the development and careers of finance professionals.
What we believe in
Our goal is for Kaplan to be a great place to work where everybody can succeed, so we truly live and breathe our values: act with integrity, grow knowledge, empower & support, create opportunity, drive results together.
Kaplan is a global organisation whose mission is rooted in providing equal access to education and opportunities for advancement to people of all backgrounds. We believe diversity, equity and inclusion - of culture, experiences, perspectives - are paramount to creating success and opportunity in an ever-changing world. As an educator, partner and employer, Kaplan is committed to promoting an equitable world in which diverse talent can develop, advance and thrive.
Our Values
We live, breathe and celebrate our values - they drive what we believe in, how we behave and guide us in creating a culture of success.
- Act with integrity
- Empower and support
- Create opportunity
- Grow knowledge
- Drive results together
What we offer
As well as a competitive salary, transparent pay structures, hybrid/home working where possible, and paths for career progression, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- 28 days annual leave + option to purchase more
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Big discounts on Kaplan courses for you and your family
- Private medical, income protection, and life insurance
- 24/7 confidential helpline providing counselling and other support services
- Company pension contributions
- Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Paternity/Partner pay which is well above statutory levels
Additional Application Information
Kaplan is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. This role involves working with learners who are under 18 years old and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including children’s barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. In addition to the DBS check, for roles that include teaching or coaching, a Prohibition from Teaching Check will be completed through the Teaching Regulation Agency.