Financial Accountant, Balance Sheet and Control

AXA UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An international insurer is seeking a Part-Qualified Financial Accountant in Leeds. This role involves supporting accounting operations and liaising with stakeholders while offering flexibility through a hybrid work model. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience and are pursuing a professional accounting qualification. Benefits include 30 days of holiday and a pension plan.

Benefits

30 days holiday

Flexible working

10% employer pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Cycle-to-Work scheme

Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience in finance or accounting.
• Keen to progress towards a professional accounting qualification.
• Proactive with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support operational accounting activities including journal review.
• Investigate and resolve unsupported balance sheet items.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for process excellence.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Problem Solving

Financial Accounting

Team Management

Education

University degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Location: Leeds
• Type: Permanent, full time (part time also considered)
• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The Opportunity:

We are excited to announce that due to internal advancement, we are recruiting a Part-Qualified Financial Accountant to join our Balance Sheet and Control team within the Finance Operations department. This is a great opportunity for someone who is part way through their studies, or is looking to start their studies and has relevant work experience, and is looking to launch their career further within the world of finance.

Your New Role:

As a Financial Accountant, you will play a key role in accounting, balance sheet and control activities, supporting the team in ensuring the accuracy and consistency of underlying data and liaising with internal stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure continued process excellence. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the team in a broad range of operational accounting activities, including review of journals, preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and analysing data
• Investigation and resolution of unsupported balance sheet items
• Supporting with review of balance sheet analytics
• Challenging existing processes and identifying improvements and enhancements
• Building relationships with internal stakeholders, including colleagues in our offshore shared service centre, to ensure delivery meets stakeholder expectation
• Gaining an understanding of the internal control environment and identifying and escalating risk areas

About you:

• A university graduate with 2+ years work experience, keen to progress a career within finance and start/continue study towards a professional accounting qualification (funded by QBE)
• A proactive individual that will seek out areas to support the wider Finance team
• An individual that has great attention to detail and is keen to suggest improvements and challenge the status quo to benefit the department
• Someone able to demonstrate and build strong skills in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and keen to learn more around data analysis
• An organised individual able to manage time effectively

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

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

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 (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

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

At My Best - QBE Benefits

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

To find out more visit ourReward Page

QBE Awards

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
• UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
• Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

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 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. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

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

What next?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.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Economic Forecasting, Financial Accounting, Financial Data Reporting, Financial Products, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Prioritization, Problem Solving, Research Analysis, Risk Management, Team ManagementApplication Close Date: 18/08/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.