About the Role:
* Manage and support junior team members, reviewing their output.
* Work with underwriters/operations/project management teams to ensure new products/distribution channels are embedded in finance processes.
* Develop and review reconciliations, ensuring timely completion and outstanding actions investigated/resolved.
* Contribute to systems implementation, including impact assessments, process definitions, and UAT.
* Develop increased efficiencies and automation in finance operations processes.
* Collaborate on driving process change and improvements across the finance function.
* Support internal and external audit teams on operational finance matters.
* Work with tax and treasury teams to ensure accurate and timely submissions/effective processes.
Qualifications:
* Professionally qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with post-qualified experience.
* Preferably within an insurance accounting role.
* Strong academic background with a relevant bachelor's degree.
* Strong understanding of Insurance accounting principles.
Key Responsibilities Include:
1. Team Management: Oversee junior team members, providing feedback and coaching to enhance performance.
2. Process Embedment: Collaborate with underwriters, operations, and project management teams to integrate new products and distribution channels into finance processes.
3. Reconciliation: Develop and review reconciliations, ensuring timely completion and addressing any outstanding issues.
4. Systems Implementation: Contribute to the implementation of new systems, including impact assessments, process definitions, and user acceptance testing.
5. Efficiency Improvement: Develop and implement strategies to increase efficiency and automation in finance operations processes.
6. Process Improvement: Collaborate with teams to drive process change and improvement across the finance function.
7. Audit Support: Provide support to internal and external audit teams on operational finance matters.
8. Tax and Treasury: Work with tax and treasury teams to ensure accurate and timely submissions and effective processes.