Senior Accounts Assistant

About Atos Group

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with approximately 56,000 employees and annual revenue of €7.2 billion, operating in 54 countries under the brands Atos and Eviden. It is the number one cybersecurity provider in Europe and a leader in cloud. Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonised future and provides tailored AI‑powered, end‑to‑end solutions across all industries.

The Group is owned by Atos SE, a Societas Europaea listed on the Euronext Paris.

This role is responsible for the day‑to‑day activities of the Financial Operations team, ensuring high‑quality service, accuracy, and timely completion of tasks. Core responsibilities include reconciliations, financial analysis, banking activities, ledger reviews, and maintaining strong financial controls. The postholder also supports team development through coaching, training, and sharing best practice, and works closely with key stakeholders to reduce financial risk, identify anomalies, investigate issues, and drive improvements across financial processes.

Early identification of issues is critical. This role helps ensure that risks, errors, or control failures are spotted quickly so corrective action can be taken, preventing prolonged issues and significant financial loss to the organisation.

The postholder is expected to manage and prioritise their own daily workload with minimal supervision.

• Excellent oral and written communication, clear and suited to the audience
• Accuracy in performing tasks
• Excellent time‑management skills, requires little supervision, well‑planned and organised; adapts easily to changing priorities
• Ability to plan and work to tight deadlines without compromising accuracy
• Ability to influence customers in a tactful manner
• Able to articulate technical aspects of the accounting framework

• Excellent breadth and depth of knowledge of Life & Pensions accounting and the Finance environment
• Good breadth and depth of knowledge of general ledger and technical accounting
• Knowledge of back‑office business practices
• Good knowledge of Aegon products
• Knowledge of financial controls environment

• Experience in the Life & Pensions industry
• Experience working in a back‑office Life & Pensions environment
• Experience in bookkeeping and general ledger processes
• Proven experience in analytical thinking and problem solving
• Interaction with customer services to discuss issues and resolve them

Desirable

• Accounting qualification or working towards ACCA/CIMA

To be eligible for SC clearance, you must have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5 years.

• Pension Scheme – contributions matched up to 10%
• Private medical cover
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• 25 days paid leave plus national holidays
• Flex benefits programme

Atos is a Disability Confident employer and encourages applications from all applicants, especially differently abled candidates. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the application and assessment process to accommodate your needs. Atos is a recognised leader in environmental, social and governance criteria and is committed to its CSR practices.