Finance Analyst (Capital Accounting) - 6 month FTC

at  Peabody

Salary Circa £40,000
Location South East London
Contract type Fixed Term
Weekly hours Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
Your typical day might begin with reconciling the Fixed Asset Register to the general ledger, ensuring accurate reporting for the month-end process. Later, you could be preparing and posting monthly journals, followed by collaborating with colleagues to streamline finance processes and enhance data quality. During the course of project, you might meet with external auditors to report or share your progress with key measurables and comfortable to address queries related to fixed assets.
As a Finance Analyst (Capital Accounting), you’ll be central to Peabody’s financial operations. You’ll focus on maintaining key registers, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, and supporting audits to maintain the integrity of our financial data. By working closely with internal teams, you’ll help improve processes, provide insights, and ensure compliance with Peabody’s financial standards.
You’re detail-oriented and results-driven, with a knack for turning complex financial data into meaningful insights. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment, building strong relationships across the organisation to deliver high-quality financial information. While the role requires regular office attendance, there’s flexibility to work remotely when appropriate.
Your role will encompass all aspects of fixed asset accounting such as summary component level variance between FAR and GL postings for cost and depreciation on housing properties, and other fixed asset registers, analysing variance between NEC and FAR and taking action to ensure that FAR data is accurate and reliable. If you’re analytical, solution-focused, and committed to excellence in financial management, we’d love to hear from you.

• Committed to delivering accurate and high-quality financial analysis on fixed asset register with ledger reporting.
• Resilient and proactive, with a flexible and detail-oriented approach.
• Skilled in analysing large data sets, building relationship with key stakeholders within business and wider finance teams to translating them into actionable insights.
• Experienced in preparing, maintaining fixed asset register and can contribute in supporting year-end audit processes and completing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Knowledgeable in fixed asset accounting and familiar with financial software.