Financial Reporting Accountant

Axon Moore; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid work (2 days in office)

Career development opportunities

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Axon Moore are partnering with a well-established financial services business to recruit an experienced Financial Reporting Accountant. You will prepare statutory and regulatory reporting, support the external audit, and advise on technical accounting matters within a strong control environment.

You will work closely with Finance and stakeholders, contribute to month-end closes, balance sheet reconciliations, and drive improvements to reporting processes, including automation where possible.

Qualifications

• Experience in statutory and regulatory reporting, ideally within financial services or insurance.
• Experience preparing or reviewing statutory financial statements under LUXGAAP.
• Knowledge of EU regulatory reporting, including SFCR and QRTs.
• Good understanding of life insurance accounting and Finance–Actuarial collaboration.
• Experience dealing with external auditors and operating within a strong financial control environment.
• A proactive approach to process improvement, with an interest in improving efficiency and automation.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements, interim reporting and regulatory submissions.
• Prepare and review regulatory reporting, including SFCR and QRTs.
• Ensure reporting complies with IFRS, LuxGAAP and Solvency II requirements.
• Support month-end and statutory close activities, including reconciliations and journals.
• Assist with technical accounting assessments (reinsurance, acquisitions, impairments).
• Support Group reporting and consolidation, including intercompany reconciliations.
• Work with external auditors throughout the audit cycle and respond to queries.
• Contribute to the development of the financial control environment and remediation activity.
• Identify and implement improvements to reporting processes and automation.

Skills

Statutory reporting

Regulatory reporting

IFRS

LUXGAAP

Solvency II

Life insurance

Audit coordination

Process improvement

Automation

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Axon Moore are currently partnering with a well-established and growing financial services business to recruit an experienced Financial Reporting Accountant.

Working closely with Finance and key stakeholders, you will play an important role in the preparation of statutory and regulatory reporting, support the external audit process, and provide input on technical accounting matters. You will also contribute to maintaining a strong financial control environment and identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements, interim reporting and regulatory submissions.
• Prepare and review regulatory reporting, including SFCR and QRTs.
• Ensure reporting complies with relevant accounting and regulatory requirements, including IFRS, LUXGAAP and SolvencyII.
• Support month-end and statutory close activities, including balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals and disclosures.
• Assist with technical accounting assessments covering areas such as reinsurance, acquisitions and disposals, impairments, assumption changes and model changes.
• Support Group reporting and consolidation, including reporting packs, intercompany reconciliations and eliminations.
• Work with external auditors throughout the audit cycle, responding to queries and helping ensure timely completion.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the financial control environment, including controls, process documentation and remediation activity.
• Identify and implement improvements to reporting processes, including opportunities for greater automation, standardisation and efficiency.

You will ideally have:

• Experience in statutory and regulatory reporting, ideally within financial services or insurance.
• Experience preparing or reviewing statutory financial statements under LUXGAAP.
• Knowledge of EU regulatory reporting, including SFCR and QRTs.
• A good understanding of life insurance accounting and the relationship between Finance and Actuarial teams.
• Experience dealing with technical accounting judgements, disclosures and complex transactions.
• Experience working with external auditors and operating within a strong financial control environment.
• A proactive approach to process improvement, with an interest in improving efficiency and automation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to develop their technical accounting and reporting experience within a complex and regulated environment.

Please note that experience within financial services, pensions, or life insurance is essential for this role. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be able to respond to candidates who meet this criterion.

The business offers a generous benefits package, bonus, hybrid working (two days in the office per week) and excellent opportunities for career development and progression.

Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please contact Kat Goulding on (url removed) or on (phone number removed). INDFIN