Technical Accountant
- Recruiter
- High Finance (UK) Limited
- Location
- Stansted
- Salary
- £50000 - £60000 per annum, Benefits: package
- Posted
- 15 Mar 2019
- Closes
- 22 Mar 2019
- Ref
- J24122
- Contact
- Jordan Jay
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Insurance
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you a City insurance accountant, working within the Lloyd’s/General Insurance market, and are ready to replace the City commute with the convenience and increased work/life balance of a local opportunity?
Client
My client is an ambitious and forward-thinking general insurance business providing traditional and innovative insurance solutions to its UK and European business partners. The business has consolidated its product lines to focus on its key areas and there is a real determination within the business to utilise technology within all processes to support their ambitious growth plans.
The business forecasts that its GWP from its new lines of business will triple in size over the next two to three years so this is an exciting time to join.
Job Summary
The position I’m recruiting is an interesting one not far from the Stansted area and will appeal to a well-rounded ACA/ACCA/CIMA accountant (or part-qualified accountant potentially) who is looking to gain closer face-time with the C-Suite, working closely with the Group FD and CRO. Among other things, the successful candidate will be:-
The ideal candidate for this opportunity will:-
Client
My client is an ambitious and forward-thinking general insurance business providing traditional and innovative insurance solutions to its UK and European business partners. The business has consolidated its product lines to focus on its key areas and there is a real determination within the business to utilise technology within all processes to support their ambitious growth plans.
The business forecasts that its GWP from its new lines of business will triple in size over the next two to three years so this is an exciting time to join.
Job Summary
The position I’m recruiting is an interesting one not far from the Stansted area and will appeal to a well-rounded ACA/ACCA/CIMA accountant (or part-qualified accountant potentially) who is looking to gain closer face-time with the C-Suite, working closely with the Group FD and CRO. Among other things, the successful candidate will be:-
- Working in a business partnering fashion with the underwriting team to resolve reconciliation differences, unmatched cash and outstanding cash due;
- Generating general ledger entries to post the monthly premium, commission and claim entries;
- Continually identifying opportunities to improve processes;
- Reconciling all premium and claim bordereaux with the data reported in the Insurance Ledger; and
- Developing a reporting and control framework ensuring a robust, consistent and auditable process is implemented and maintained.
The ideal candidate for this opportunity will:-
- Be a qualified or almost-qualified accountant;
- Be working or have previous experience working within the non-life / general insurance industry;
- Hold strong Excel skills;
- Be a detail-oriented individual; and
- Hold experience of cash management and reconciliations.