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The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Iris Finance team in our London office as a Junior Management Accountant. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to prepare financial and management information to aid commercial decision-making.

Liaising closely with key internal stakeholders, you will provide them with dedicated support on all commercial drivers at agency, department and client level. The successful candidate will be supported in studying for their CIMA/ACCA qualification.

What you'll be doing

• Assisting with preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts in line with corporate reporting deadlines including income recognition, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis and commentaries for reporting packs.
• Management at both agency and client level of balance sheet items linked to jobs; specifically WIP, accrued and deferred income, debtors, creditors and cash-flow
• Conducting WIP meetings and following up on action points
• Preparing client chargeability reports
• Reconciling credit card usage and checking staff expenses ensuring correct VAT treatment
• Support the team with tax and audit matters
• Providing system training to new starters and effectively communicating financial best practice to all staff
Ad hoc reporting and commercial analysis

What we’re looking for:

• Energetic, enthusiastic and positive
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships at all levels
• Highly numerate with an excellent attention to detail
• Flexible with an ability to perform to a high standard given different demands whilst working under pressure
• Understand the importance of strong internal controls, which balance the operational needs of the business and effectively manage risk
• Strong analytical skills with the initiative to resolve issues or pursue business opportunities as they are identified
• Strong excel skills with experience of using advanced functions and pivot table.
Experience working in a Finance department and looking to start their ACCA/CIMA studies.

Who are we?

About Iris

We are Iris. The Participation Agency. With over 1000 people in 14 offices worldwide, we use the power of Participation to help brands grow further, faster. We combine creativity, data-driven media and the power of people to help brands, such as Samsung, adidas, Bentley, Pizza Hut, Beiersdorf and Samsonite, explode into cultural moments and embed themselves in people’s lives

Our office

London is our HQ. In our riverside office you’ll find 300 talented people working with ambitious client partners. We’re the lead strategic & creative agency for adidas TERREX, Pizza Hut Delivery and Abrdn. And we’re a specialist partner for NIVEA and Samsung, to name a couple.

The Iris Character

We have five core behaviours that we look for to help us to build a culture that fosters true progress: Courage, Storytelling, Collaboration, Empathy and Commitment.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible working – we offer you a balance of home and office working and the opportunity to choose your days when it suits you best
• Core hours – whether you want to enjoy an early gym session or pick up your children from school, you have the option to manage your own hours
• Vitality private health care

• BUPA dental care

• Pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity package
  • 4 months full pay after 1 years’ service
  • 6 months full pay after 2 years’ service
• Enhanced Paternity package
  • 4 weeks full pay after 1 years’ service
• IVF support – giving you flexibility to attend appointments and recover from procedures
• Additional Parental support – meaning you can be there for your family’s important moments’
• Personal access to our independent Financial Advisor
• Group income protection
• Sabbatical after five years of service

• Bike to Work Scheme
• Weekly football sessions
  
• Perkbox platform – giving you access to a wide range of discounts and curated wellbeing content

Holiday

• 25 core days’ holiday

• Three extra days can be used for religious holidays
• Plus your birthday day off
• Plus an extra day after three and five years of service
• Climate Exchange Day

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

‘FOR THE FREE’ is our global DE&I strategy. Its aim is to create a business where everyone feels free to be themselves and has the same opportunity and access to progress. Our DE&I strategy encourages courageous thinkers who champion outsider perspectives. ‘FOR THE FREE’ has three main pillars of activity:

Diversity - We want to invite difference. To be an organisation that is fully representative of different groups and reflects the city, country and world that we live in. We value our talents’ lived experiences – including gender, race, class, disability, neuro-diversity and sexual orientation.

Equity - We want to be fair to everyone. To remove barriers for individuals and groups and provide the bespoke access, support and opportunities that are needed to fully participate in our organisation. We are levelling the playing field.

Inclusion - We want everyone to feel at home. To provide a place where people can be themselves, express their unique identity and contribute to the life of our community

Privacy Statement

If you decide to apply for a role at Iris we will only keep the data provided by you for 2 years from the date we receive it, following which your data will then be destroyed. We have a legitimate interest to process the data you provide us and we will protect your rights in accordance with all applicable data legislation. If at any point you decide you would like us to delete the data we hold or have any more questions please email us at dpo@iris-worldwide.com.

You can find out more about our Privacy Policy here: http://www.iris-worldwide.com/privacy-policy/

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large. We are For The Forward.