Assistant Manager, Accounting Advisory, Insurance, Audit & Assurance

ACCA Careers; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Manager to join their CFO Advisory team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a dedicated group of professionals providing high-value audit and assurance services to major insurance clients. You will engage with clients on complex accounting matters, ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP, while also supporting their financial reporting processes. The firm promotes a flexible hybrid working environment, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life effectively. Join this dynamic team and contribute to impactful projects within the insurance sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in Audit or Insurance industry is essential.
• Strong analytical and client relationship skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on IFRS and UKGAAP accounting queries.
• Assist clients with financial reporting processes and analytics.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

UK GAAP knowledge

Solvency II knowledge

Client relationship development

Analytical capabilities

Report writing skills

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Commercial awareness

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's Insurance Audit and Assurance Group provides a range of high value Audit and Assurance services to some of the largest insurance brokers and non-life and life insurers in the UK and as part of global teams.

Our Insurance Accounting Advisory team is a dedicated team of professionals with deep technical accounting and financial reporting skills and in-depth knowledge of the Insurance industry.

We are a client-facing group used to dealing with the practical application of accounting and financial reporting requirements and are experienced in advising clients on challenging and complex technical matters. We work closely with Deloitte's Global Centres of Excellence to ensure a consistent robust response to accounting questions posed. As such our team are uniquely positioned to assist companies with the accounting and financial reporting challenges they face.

We are looking to expand our team of focused, aspirational and collaborative insurance practitioners, and as such we are offering the opportunity to join as an Assistant Manager in our CFO Advisory (Accounting Advisory) Group to support this challenging and rapidly expanding business.

Connect to your opportunity

As a member of our team, reporting to a Manager / Senior Manager or Director, you will assist in the provision of a range of different service offerings provided by the CFO Advisory team, which may include:

1. Advising clients on IFRS and UKGAAP accounting queries
2. Assessing the impact of new accounting standards such as IFRS 9 and 17 and assisting clients with implementation
3. Performing accounting policy and financial statements reviews
4. Drafting technical accounting papers
5. Supporting clients with financial reporting processes
6. Advising clients on Solvency II methodology
7. Assisting our clients with analytics

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To qualify for this opportunity you must have the following experience/skills:

1. Experience of working within, or with, Audit department of a large Financial Services organisation or within the Insurance industry
2. Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and / or Solvency II
3. Strong knowledge of the insurance industry
4. Ability to develop strong client relationships
5. A relevant accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA or international equivalent)
6. Commercial awareness of current economic and market trends
7. Knowledge or awareness of developments in Insurance regulation
8. Strong analytical capabilities
9. A collaborative approach and a good team player
10. Report writing, presentation and interpersonal skills, including ability to engage at all levels
11. An enquiring / analytical mind and ability to use initiative, adapt and solve problems.

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break? For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers