Senior Financial Accountant

A big ticket, global insurer is looking to add to its dynamic finance team with the hiring of a high calibre accountant due to a recent promotion. The Senior Financial Accountant will work closely with the VP of Finance and other team members across Europe to ensure all statutory and regulatory obligations are met. The London based finance team is a lean operation currently so you will have exposure across a variety of areas as well as being visible to all levels in the organisation. Some key areas in this role will be:

• Deliver accurate, timely and high-quality financial reporting on both a statutory basis and management accounting basis
• Analysis of quarterly financial results, including the preparation of management information and commentary for the CFO and the Audit Committees and Boards of both the UK & European business.
• Lead best practice execution of internal controls for the quarterly financial reporting close procedures, including overseeing the work of colleagues in the US based finance team
• Delivery of Solvency II reporting, including preparation and ownership of the Solvency II balance sheet and own funds quantitative reporting templates ('QRTs') and coordination with the US team to complete the other required QRTs
• Support the preparation of the UK GAAP and French GAAP financial statements, annual narrative regulatory returns and annual QRTs and assist with the delivery and resolution of requests from the external auditors
• Support key business unit projects and initiatives, including via the preparation of ad-hoc information and analysis and related systems development and testing

The ideal candidate will be a confident self-starter who is happy working in a fast-paced environment. You will need to have a sound understanding of insurance accounting principles (premiums/claims, deferred acquisition costs etc) from either a similar role in an insurer or from an accountancy practice.

The organisation is currently working on a hybrid arrangement from home and the office.