Senior Accountant

Arthur Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking a driven financial accountant for their Financial Reporting team in Manchester. This critical role involves overseeing quarterly and annual reporting obligations while ensuring compliance with IFRS standards. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with industry experience, comfortable managing reports and liaising with stakeholders.

Benefits

Aviva Digital GP

Employer Pension contribution of 13%

Annual bonus

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

x2 wellbeing days per year

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant ideally with post-qualified experience.
• Experience in insurance or financial services preferred.
• Strong understanding of statutory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of quarterly group reporting deliverables.
• Lead preparation of annual statutory accounts.
• Support year-end audit process and ensure sign-off.

Skills

Understanding of IFRS

Client-facing experience

Independent working

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)

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Specialist Interim & Contract Accounting & Finance Recruiter for the Insurance industry

Location: Manchester/Liverpool (Hybrid)

Overview:

We're supporting a specialist insurer in hiring a driven and technically strong financial accountant to join their Financial Reporting team. This is a key role within the UK insurance entity, providing full oversight of quarterly and annual reporting obligations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of quarterly group reporting deliverables
• Lead preparation of annual statutory accounts, manage auditor queries, and ensure all technical reviews are addressed
• Deliver accurate financials for the regulated insurance entity, with full end-to-end reporting responsibility
• Support year-end audit process and ensure timely sign-off of accounts
• Liaise across the wider finance team and key stakeholders within the group

Ideal Candidate:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent), ideally with post-qualified experience in industry
• Previous experience in insurance or financial services preferred
• Strong understanding of IFRS and statutory reporting
• Comfortable working independently and driving processes through
• Open to candidates from audit (Big 4/top 10) with strong client-facing experience in FS or insurance

A snapshot of some of the benefits:

• Aviva Digital GP
• Employer Pension contribution of 13%
• Annual bonus
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• x2 wellbeing days per year

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Insurance and Engineering Services

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