Accounting Analyst - 12 Months Undergraduate Placement

Location:

Belfast

Workplace:

Hybrid

Closing Date:

2nd March 2025

The opportunity:

To provide local office service center accounting services in compliance with the globally established policies and standard procedures in collaboration with In-Market financial leadership.

Working at Baker McKenzie:

Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices all over the world. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services.

We offer one of the best workplace benefits packages in the business with comprehensive private health cover, income protection, life assurance and a full employee assistance plan. These and a host of other benefits make us one of the most desirable companies to work for in Belfast.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity for all and are confident we can provide a career as individual and as exceptional as you.

Responsibilities:

• Record journal entries in SAP for the assigned entities/regions in line with the established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Perform account reconciliations, including, bank reconciliations, balance sheet accounts, etc., and resolve the reconciling items promptly
• Perform period-end activities per the financial close schedules and the established guidelines
• Respond to In-Market queries and post accounting adjustments as required
• Provide support for internal and external financial audits

Essential Criteria:

To be successful in this role you will need:

Skills and Experience:

• Be enrolled on a relevant undergraduate degree
• Drive, desire to effect continuous improvement
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Intermediate PowerPoint skills
• High degree of numeracy
• Willingness to learn
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Poise and patience under pressure; ability to multi-task.
• Superb time management, judgment, decision-making and problem solving skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located.