M2L Accounts Assistant

We believe that helping people unlock a better retirement starts with helping everyone in our organisation unlock their true potential, and thrive.

To do that, we’re mindful of staying true to the values that make us who we are, and proud of what we do.

More2Life is part of the Key Group of companies and has been a pioneering force in the Equity Release market since its launch in 2008. Today, operating from our offices in Preston, we help over 1000 people every month to confidently release cash from their homes, significantly growing year on year to become one of the largest lifetime mortgage lenders in the UK.

We are hiring for an Accounts Assistant to join our busy transactional finance team. As our Accounts Assistant you will be responsible for ensuring that all more2life financial transactions within your remit are accounted for accurately and on a timely basis and to support key stakeholders as and when required.

Main duties and responsibilities;

• To process system generated interface files

• Monitor fund requests and reconcile facility balances

• Produce daily bank reconciliations to send to external stakeholders and liaise with external funders to meet contractual requirements.

• To post financial transactions into the accounting system in a timely and accurate manner into multiple companie.

• Prepare and post month end accruals

• Produce broker commission payments and statements

• To perform various analyses and reconciliations of company data and maintain and where possible improve robust financial controls 

• Establish and develop new processes, procedures and reconciliations when required by the business

Key knowledge, skills and experience:

• Experience of computerized accounting systems.

• Posting to multiple company Nominal, Sales and Purchase ledgers.

• Working with Profit & Loss balance sheet statements.

• Experience of dealing with internal and external customers in an effective manner.

• Experience of working within strict accounting deadlines and with Microsoft Office Packages.

• Will hold or be working towards a recognised accounting qualification (AAT, CIMA etc.).

• Willingness to use initiative and work without detailed instructions.

• Ability to plan workload effectively and work alone or as part of a team.

• Awareness of the importance of processing and posting data accurately.

Most of all we look for people who display and work around the core values of our business:

Ambitious – to break ground to help our customers enjoy a better retirement.
Supportive – relationships are key to everything we do.
Personal – going above and beyond to offer exceptional service.
Integrity – honest, true and transparent in all our relationships.
Responsive – whatever the challenge we’ll deliver the right result.
Expert – experts in our field, our thirst for knowledge never stops
 

Benefits:

• 23 days holiday, plus bank holidays. Rising to 28 based on length of service.

• Additional holiday purchase scheme

• 1 charity day

• Tier 1 pension (5% Employee, 8% Employer)

• Simply Health

• Life Assurance