Job details.
Published: about 5 months ago
Senior Technical Accountant - Insurance - London Market Experience Essential.
Summary of the role:
Reporting to the Head of Accounting, We're looking for an accountant with strong insurance and accounting experience. Your role is to manage the core financial accounting for a Tier 1 insurance account, delivering financial control, reporting and giving support to the business on time.
As part of your duties, you will be responsible for:
- Possess a good level of knowledge and accountability for reconciling and managing automated insurance transactions within the ledger.
- Take ownership of any manual processing related to incoming insurance transactions.
- Responsible for technical reconciliations between service companies, acting as the primary contact for intercompany partners.
- Maintain an intermediate understanding and oversight of reconciliations and management of automated reserving transactions (such as Incurred But Not Reported - IBNR) in the ledger.
- Serve as the primary contact for auditors regarding incoming insurance and reserving matters.
- Analyse and generate commentary on the results of incoming insurance activities.
- Responsible for being the main contact for downstream reporting (including Lloyd’s Regulatory and Head Office) as well as external inquiries pertaining to incoming insurance and reserving transactions.
- Hold secondary responsibility for outgoing reinsurance and intercompany transactions.
- Assisting with maintenance and updating of financial systems, specifically Aptitude.
Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role:
- Strong academic background including an internationally recognised professional accounting qualification (minimum 7 years post qualification experience).
- Strong experience working within an insurance or reinsurance business
- Good communication skills
- Strong controls and reconciliations experience
- Experience and knowledge of Oracle Financials.
Skills and Personal attributes we would like to have:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- High attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all financial system updates and reporting.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in other financial systems and tools, such as Excel, Aptitude, and data analytics software.
- Ability to work independently and within a team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Senior Technical Accountant - Insurance - London Market Experience Essential.
Summary of the role:
Reporting to the Head of Accounting, We're looking for an accountant with strong insurance and accounting experience. Your role is to manage the core financial accounting for a Tier 1 insurance account, delivering financial control, reporting and giving support to the business on time.
As part of your duties, you will be responsible for:
- Possess a good level of knowledge and accountability for reconciling and managing automated insurance transactions within the ledger.
- Take ownership of any manual processing related to incoming insurance transactions.
- Responsible for technical reconciliations between service companies, acting as the primary contact for intercompany partners.
- Maintain an intermediate understanding and oversight of reconciliations and management of automated reserving transactions (such as Incurred But Not Reported - IBNR) in the ledger.
- Serve as the primary contact for auditors regarding incoming insurance and reserving matters.
- Analyse and generate commentary on the results of incoming insurance activities.
- Responsible for being the main contact for downstream reporting (including Lloyd’s Regulatory and Head Office) as well as external inquiries pertaining to incoming insurance and reserving transactions.
- Hold secondary responsibility for outgoing reinsurance and intercompany transactions.
- Assisting with maintenance and updating of financial systems, specifically Aptitude.
Qualifications and experience we consider to be essential for the role:
- Strong academic background including an internationally recognised professional accounting qualification (minimum 7 years post qualification experience).
- Strong experience working within an insurance or reinsurance business
- Good communication skills
- Strong controls and reconciliations experience
- Experience and knowledge of Oracle Financials.
Skills and Personal attributes we would like to have:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- High attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all financial system updates and reporting.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in other financial systems and tools, such as Excel, Aptitude, and data analytics software.
- Ability to work independently and within a team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Sector:
- General Insurance
