The Role

Help us transform the way the world does business
We’re looking for an ambitious, part-or-fully-qualified Accountant to help shape best practice financial reporting for one of the world’s leading business schools. Working proactively with every part of the School, you’ll help deliver the insight and analysis that underpins our bold plans for the future.

Shape our strategy And Add your financial acumen to our world-class business brains.
Accounts is a key department within our Operations team, delivering a range of financial services, helping to drive change across the School and supporting our long-term planning goals. As Financial Reporting Accountant, you’ll make a key contribution to external financial reporting for the School and its associated companies, as well as maintaining a strong internal control environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Help to produce year-end financial statements and reports to the Office for Students and other bodies.
• Produce a monthly internal accounting controls pack, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Assist the Finance and Reporting Manager on a range of reporting, treasury matters and technical queries.

Share our knowledge
We generate research and ideas that have a real, lasting influence on people, businesses and markets around the world. To do that, we have to make sure we’ve got the people, tools and infrastructure to share our thinking globally. Working in a great environment, you’ll help to make our bold plans a reality by embracing change and having a real influence on the way we work financially.

Who we are looking for

• A part-qualified or fully qualified ACA accountant, (ACCA also considered).
• Audit experience and a track record of preparing financial statements, statutory accounts, monthly management accounts and reports.
• A driven, hands-on, proactive approach with great relationship building skills.
• Technical financial accounting knowledge and, ideally experience on Inforsun or similar software.

Be part of an international network
We’re a global institution: 94% of our students and 86% of our faculty members are international. Together, we’re changing the way the world does business. Based in London’s Regent’s Park, this is an opportunity to work at the heart of Europe’s digital capital – and in one of the world’s most important financial, entrepreneurial and cultural centres.

Why London Business School

Benefits We Offer

As an employee at London Business School you will enjoy a generous holiday entitlement, on site swimming pool, sauna and gym, automatic enrolment to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (a defined benefit workplace pension scheme) and season ticket loan facility. There is also a wide range of professional development opportunities to support your career path. 

What you can expect from us

Our vision is to have a profound impact on the way the world does business. This can only be achieved through our people; with 93% of our staff saying they are proud to work here and being consistently ranked among the best in the world for our MBA, global Executive MBA and Masters in Finance programmes you will have an opportunity to be part of this journey.

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