Senior Accountant - Agriculture

Crawford and Company; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Crawford and Company in Manchester is seeking a Claims Analyst within the CFAS division to assess business interruption and other financial losses arising for clients. You will negotiate settlements and interact with insurers, reinsurers, claimants and insured.

The role requires strong communication, client service focus, and the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, reviewing financial data and delivering detailed analytical reports.

Qualifications

• Essential: customer focused and integrity aligned with company values.
• Communicate effectively across levels and build relationships.
• Deliver proactive, solution-oriented outcomes against targets.
• Flexible and resilient in an evolving environment.
• Experience in claims/insurance is useful.
• Strong written and verbal communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess business interruption and financial claims externally and internally.
• Receive, review and analyse financial information.
• Prepare reports with detailed commentary on analysis and conclusions.
• Visit insurers, reinsurers, claimants and the insured.
• Communicate with interested parties, approve interim payments and reports.
• Calculate and agree settlements, and prepare final reports.
• Support development of less experienced staff and colleagues.
• Build relationships with clients and identify new opportunities.
• Keep files up to date with technical or legal changes affecting cases.
• Develop business opportunities for self and team.

Skills

Business interruption

Financial analysis

Negotiation

Client relations

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Accountancy qualification

Tools

Excel

IT proficiency

Job description

Job Description

• Part of the CFAS division
• Involved in the assessment of business interruption and other financial losses arising on behalf of clients.
• Negotiating and settlement of claims.
• Work within and part of the wider GTS team.
• Travel and undertake site visits and external meetings
• Marketing and promotion of self and business both internally and externally

Responsibilities

• Work both externally and internally assessing business interruption and financial claims
• Receiving and reviewing and analysing financial information.
• Preparing reports commenting in detail on the review and conclusion of analytical work.
• Visiting Insurers, Reinsurers, Claimants and the Insured.
• Communicating regularly with all interested parties, calculating and approving interim payments, preparing interim reports and other communication.
• Calculating and agreeing settlement of claims, and preparing final reports.
• Assisting in the development of less experienced staff members.
• Additionally developing working relationships with existing clients and helping to identify and plan approaches to new clients.
• Maintain and update files and records keeping fully up to date on any technical or legal changes which may have a bearing on a case.
• Identifying and developing business opportunities for self and team.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Behave in a strongly customer focused way at all times to ensure development and maintenance of client relationships
• Demonstrate personal integrity in a way which is consistent to the company's core values
• Communicate effectively by sharing, listening and exchanging information and knowledge at all levels
• Build and maintain positive working relationships
• Demonstrate a solution and action oriented style in order to deliver against targets
• Demonstrate a flexible and resilient operational style
• Demonstrated behaviours must be in close alignment with Crawford stated values: RESTORE
• Accountancy qualification
• Experience of claims / insurance would be useful
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good customer service, organisational & communication skills
• Accountancy qualification

Desirable:

• Claims experience preferred but not essential.
• Good communication skills at all levels
• Ability to work under own direction as well as part of a team
• Team player
• Good Excel skills
• Problem solving ability in order to recognise difficulties and take the appropriate steps to address the issues
• Quality focussed to provide a high level of customer service both internally and externally
• Ability to demonstrate high attention to detail
• Dispute and resolution handling skills in order to manage cases effectively and proactively
• Competent use of technology