Senior Finance Assistant

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Senior Finance Assistant

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)  

Salary: A competitive salary from £28,160 – £42,240 (effective from April 2026) depending on the experience you can bring  

Closing date: 13th February 2026

We’re a company of ambitious, collaborative problem-solvers who get things done – we’re looking for like-minded people to join us. 

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging. 

We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Finance Assistant to join our Finance Operations team here at Aegon in Edinburgh. This team plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of all financial transactions across Aegon UK.

From managing cash receipts and payments, to maintaining the general and purchase ledgers and handling reporting breaches, the team ensures our financial operations run smoothly and to the highest standards.

As a Senior Finance Assistant, you’ll be responsible for delivering the day‑to‑day activities that support our financial controls, reporting, and operational processes. You’ll play a key part in ensuring our accounting records are accurate, compliant, and ready for inclusion in month‑end financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Complete daily journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare Trustee cash books and support wider financial reporting
• Carry out financial analysis, recharges, banking activities, and ledger checks
• Ensure all financial controls are operating effectively before reporting deadlines
• Identify, investigate, and resolve accounting or process anomalies
• Share your expertise with colleagues through coaching, training, and promoting best practice
• Work closely with stakeholders to reduce financial risks and improve processes

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Strong knowledge of financial services accounting and finance environments
• Solid understanding of general ledger and technical accounting 
• Good general accountant knowledge with confidence across core accounting principles
• Experience with financial controls and reconciliations
• Awareness of back‑office processes and banking systems
• Experience working within a large finance team, ideally in financial services or regulated environment
• Proven analytical thinking and strong problem‑solving skills

What’s in it for you?

• We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place.  We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%.  If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us). 
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.  To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

Ready to take the next step in your finance career? We’d love to hear from you. Apply today and join a team where your expertise truly makes an impact.

The legal bits 

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references. 

Equal Opportunity Employer:  

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.