MMC is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Warsaw office:

What can you expect?

As a SSC Hub Accountant you will be a pro-active, results led individual who is able to balance multiple deliverables whilst satisfying a strict control environment by retaining the highest standards of governance. Ideally you will have experience in working within a busy shared services function of a similar organisation.

The MMC EMEA accounting operations team supports 18 countries across Europe and forms part of the controllership function that are responsible for ensuring accounting is in adherence to organisation policies, procedures and SOX requirements. The department is supported by an offshore transactional processing team of approximately 100 employees with onshore headcount at around 40. The teams are functionally aligned as follows:  People Costs, Fixed Assets and Facilities, Asset and Liabilities, Revenue & Foreign Exchange, Intercompany, Bank reconciliation, Procure to Pay and Cash Control.

In addition to this, the department has involvement in acquisitions and global projects. It supports initiatives for individual career progression and skill expansion.

This role sits within the People Costs team who are responsible for all activities in relation to accounting for Compensation and Benefits related expenses for the UK/Ireland and Continental Europe entities. Specific responsibilities include preparation of accruals/prepayments, P&L and balance sheet review and analysis, balance sheet reconciliation review/approval, journal creation and approval, payroll interface validations.

What's in it for you?

A competitive starting salary to plus a comprehensive benefits package to include; generous pension scheme, employee assistance programme, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and a number of other programmes.

MMC also offers a flexible benefit scheme to allow you to select benefits that are most appropriate for your lifestyle and personal circumstances.  For example, these include options to buy additional days’ holiday, dental, travel and personal accident insurance, together with a number of staff discounts available in the retail and leisure sectors, such as discounted gym membership.

We will count on you to:

Production & control review of all balance sheet reconciliations within functional team remit

Exception reporting and perform checks prior to issuing

Ensure timely investigation and resolution of any exception items

Ensure all month-end and quarter-end deliverables are met

Communicate regularly with offshore counterpart

To play a lead role in the continuous improvement of business processes

Record and monitor new tasks through change control process

Mailbox management

Attend meetings with managers, colleagues and clients as required.

Assist with other ad-hoc tasks, projects and initiatives as required.

What you need to have:

Part/Qualified ACCA/CIMA (or QBE).

Advanced skills in Excel – V lookups, pivots

Flexible and team player – develops close partnerships with onshore and offshore colleagues

Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and deliver results to short timescales.

Previous proven ability to identify areas to improve efficiency, accuracy and analysis and suggest and implement process improvements.

Exposure to General Ledger Accounting

What makes you stand out:

Prior experience of Oracle and HFM (preferred but not essential)

Insurance industry experience would be advantageous but not essential.

Experience of US GAAP

Why join our team:

We help you to be your best through professional development opportunitites, interesting worik and supportive leaders

We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients, stakeholders and communities

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities as well as benefits and rewards to enahnce your well-being

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.