Financial Accountant

Salary: £70,000 per annum
Location: London
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Accountant to join a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company.

What you'll do:

As a Technical Accountant, your role will be pivotal in supporting accounting activities within the finance team. You will ensure the accuracy, currency and consistency of underlying data in the entity trial balances. Your expertise will facilitate the production of financial reporting/analyses while maintaining controls. You will prepare reports on financial performance and keep management informed about financial performance/risks. Your ability to contribute to strategy and planning will be key in this role.

1. Contribute to, monitor and advise on plan variances and implications
2. Assist in the preparation and implementation of operational team plans
3. Determine own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans
4. Support the implementation of the Finance strategy
5. Adhere to Finance standards, policies, procedures, instructions and good practice
6. Establish, strengthen and develop relationships with stakeholders
7. Respond to internal and external stakeholder requests in accordance with service standards
8. Manage accounting processes within timelines and to required control standards

What you bring:

1. Fully Qualified ACCA / ACA / CA / CIMA
2. Ideally 2+ years insurance industry experience
3. Knowledge of the market the company operates in and London Market Operations (Lloyd's, IUA, LPSO, LPC etc).
4. Sound working knowledge of gross and ceded premium, claims, expenses, investments and FX processing and documentation
5. Good working knowledge of FCA, and other, regulations as they pertain to insurance intermediaries - particularly in relation to the handling of client money & money laundering.

What's next:

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