Senior Financial Accountant - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A leading Insurance firm based in the City of London are searching for a Senior Financial Accountant to work with their UK Group of Lloyd's Insurance Market companies.

This is an all encompassing role within syndicate accounting.

The role will support theSyndicate Accounting Manager in planning and running the close process (monthly and quarterly), together with assisting with the preparation of analytical tools and reports to support the information produced.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

The accounting of insurance technical and nontechnical transactions in the relevant ledgers of the Syndicates, including handling all technical aspects affecting the syndicate ledgers
All operational aspects of the production of ledgers, including the preparation of account reconciliations and analysis of balance sheet and profit & loss items
Liaising with parties involved in the process, in particular within the Finance area, to ensure the end result is delivered in the timeframe and standards required
Assisting in planning and production of reports and ensuring that they are produced in accordance with the relevant timetables, ensuring that there is sufficient time for management review and understanding of the figures
Development of diagnostics and continuous interaction with underwriters, actuaries and treasury in order to develop the understanding of the figures
Liaising with internal and external auditors at the highest level and ensuring that all the information required is produced and the audits are completed on time
Responsible for the development of process improvements and system enhancements, in order to ensure the efficient and accurate production of data. This might require involvement in projects.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualified or part qualified CA, ACCA or CIMA
Completion, review and improvement of volume reconciliations
Proficient on Excel creating and manipulating pivot tables to best analyse data
Experience with accounting software (for example Oracle's PeopleSoft platform)
Working knowledge of UK GAAP
Good analytical and verbal communication

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.