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    Senior Accountant - Leeds, United Kingdom - QBE Insurance

    QBE Insurance
    QBE Insurance Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    QBE is an international insurer and reinsurer, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney. We employ more than 11,000 people, with a local presence in 27 countries.


    We have an opportunity for a Senior Syndicate Accountant to join our Insurance Accounting function within the Corporate Reporting team.

    The Corporate Reporting team are accountable for ensuring the integrity of the financial results and providing the business narrative over the balance sheet and P&L.


    As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in accounting and reporting activities within the Syndicate team and ensure the accuracy and consistency of underlying data.

    Reviewing and challenging the Syndicate underwriting results, working closely with the Finance Business Partners.
    Review the reserves in conjunction with the Actuarial Department to ensure completeness and accuracy.

    Producing commentary for senior management around the Syndicate results, reviewing late adjustments, bridging analysis, group balance sheet analytics and COB reviews on a quarterly basis.

    Overseeing and providing data into the annual Statement of Actuarial Opinion (SAO), UK Tax and US Level II returns.

    Assist in the monthly and quarterly close process, including preparation and posting of underwriting and non-underwriting journals for the Lloyd's Syndicates for submission to the (Re) / Insurance Finance Director, senior European (EO) management and Group.

    Ensure the statutory books and records are properly maintained in accordance with QBE Accounting policies and market best practice and the balance sheet appropriately reflects the Syndicate position.

    Assist on ad hoc tasks in the wider reporting team. For example Statutory Accounts, Review of other QBE company results and submission.
    Assist on Projects impacting Financial Reporting
    Qualified Accountant (ACCA or equivalent).
    Significant experience of working in a complex financial services environment.
    Strong financial accounting background with experience of reviewing Insurance Underwriting results preferable. Familiarity with Oracle and TM1 would be desirable but not essential

    Experienced MS Excel user (pivots, if statements, lookups and experience of working with large amounts of data) and other MS Office applications.

    Working for a Syndicate or Company Insurance Accounting team would be desirable

    That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you.

    In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.

    At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (

    5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada

    British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award

    Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year

    Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response

    Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year

    We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women's Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent

    Inclusion of Diversity


    We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.


    We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers.


    At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future.

    Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable and impactful solutions.

    For further information regarding QBE's sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative 'Premiums4Good', please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report ( Link ).


    We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.


    We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.


    We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

    To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.


    If you have a passion to contribute to QBE's vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply Simply click the apply" button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.


    Please make the Talent Acquisition aware should there be any reasonable adjustments that may need to be made for the interview and the remainder of the recruitment process.

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