Accounts Assistant

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

As an Accounts Assistant in the Account to Report team within Finance Delivery, you will assist the Finance Analyst to deliver accounting and reporting services to our Commercial Finance customers based in Milan, whilst embracing our culture of continuous improvement to ensure processes are efficient and effective.

This is a great opportunity to work for a global organisation where further progression in your career is available. We are looking for a candidate with a solid finance background, ideally gained within a shared service / global finance team.

What you’ll do:

* Performance of period end close activities, providing insightful and accurate reporting
* Managing P&L and Balance Sheet accounts, reconciling balances in line with Sky’s policies
* Continuous improvement projects such as report automation and standardisation
* Assisting with internal and external audit queries
* Supporting the financial control environment
* Ad-hoc project work, as and when required

What you’ll bring:

* Ideally, proven experience of working with a finance department and basic accounting experience
* Proficient in MS Office (particularly Excel)
* Good problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail

Team overview:

Finance Delivery

We enable Sky to succeed by ensuring we are a cost effective, scalable operation delivering great service in an agile and responsive way. Sky Finance has a deserved reputation for being at the heart of Sky’s success – making things Simple by Design, finding the Win-Win for our business and customers, and working as One-Team.

The rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

– Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
– A generous pension package
– Private healthcare
– Discounted mobile and broadband

Where you’ll work:

Livingston Watermark House

Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston South train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

You’ll be well fed at our subsidised canteen, and you can keep in shape at our onsite gym. Or play a game of pool or table tennis.

Inclusion:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.