About the Role

To deliver tasks and processes in support of ICE Services’ critical monthly financial distribution service to its customers; includes planning, scheduling and completion of quality control checks on all distributions.

Please note that this is a temporary position, limited to a 1-year contract. We are looking forward to welcoming someone who can start as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead in ICE Services commitments to its customers for the distribution of online royalties, including reconciling system output and quality control checks.
• Review of distribution schedules, completing specific checks and reconciliations to a high degree of accuracy.
• Reconciliation, review and clear down of balance sheet accounts relating to Royalty Creditors.
• Assist with Customer queries relating on monthly distributions
• Completing reconciliations for distribution accounts and adhering to strict deadlines.
• Reviewing bank payment files and completing specific checks for both accuracy and unusual activity.
• Review of distribution schedules, completing specific checks and reconciliations to a high degree of accuracy.
• Communicating issues to the Finance Director/Senior Finance Analyst and liaising with support teams as and when required.
• Preparing finance journals as and when required.
• Supporting team in completion of year end and internal audit requests.
• Ad hoc tasks, involving analysis of finance and distribution systems.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Excellent financial modelling skills and experience.
• Excellent data gathering, reporting and analysis skills.
• Excellent excel skills – e.g. pivot tables, V-Lookups.
• Strong Stakeholder Engagement
• Experience in the use of accounting systems and accounting principles.
• Experience with financial planning and reporting systems, such as Cognos BI would also be highly advantageous.
• Experience within an analytical role and/or high volume transactional company desirable
• Self-motivated with good organisational and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Person Profile

• Act corporately and work effectively across organisational boundaries and build effective liaisons that deliver high standards, collaborative working and integrated solutions.
• Recognises the relationship between own work and the objectives of the team and wider business.
• Able to work easily on own initiative but also in close conjunction with key individuals across different teams.
• Intellectual flexibility, able to grasp complex issues and data patterns quickly.
• Imagination, flair, tenacity, flexibility & innovation.
• Promote and support innovative thinking and a flexible way to solving problems.
• Consider opportunities which will add value to the business and meet organisational goals.
• Directly influence the organisation by striving to continuously improve through challenging the status quo.
• Critically evaluates information to identify potential errors and checks that information is complete.