Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

 

Job Summary:

• Responsible for the quarterly finance close of the Corporate Finance function at the Group level and its subsidiaries, to ensure all reporting, systems, and cash flows are delivered in a controlled and timely manner, working with the US Finance Manager and UK Finance Manager to effect change and development.
• Perform day-to-day corporate financial reporting both internally and externally. Operation of the agreed finance processes, business priorities, and other relevant procedures and standards.
• Hands-on approach to executing key responsibilities and liaising with different parts of the business.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Leadership

• Perform day-to-day management of the Group-level books and records, banking, treasury, and other financial processes. Ensuring processes and controls are documented and followed.
• Analytical review of financial information.
• Foster an inclusive culture in which each person is accepted and has the opportunity to grow and develop.
• Embrace business change and challenge the status quo where appropriate.
• Consistently display and promote the company values.
• Proactively take ownership of self-development and continuing professional development.
• Ensure a robust control environment is built, maintained, and improvements are implemented.

Reporting/Budgeting/Forecasting

• Develop and maintain efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures, for on-time and accurate financial reporting.
• Preparation of quarterly management accounts for each entity and group consolidation pack.
• Assistance with the production of quarterly board meeting materials.
• Contribute to the budget setting process.
• Prepare the annual financial statements.
• Coordinate and assist with the annual internal and external audits.
• Build robust controls, audit files, and analytics to support reporting.
• Oversight of cash flows and cash flow forecast.
• Manage counterparty commission transactions, including credit control, expense, and claim payments.
• Control expense management for the group (PM, invoicing, personal expenses).
• Completion of various reports for management, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Ad-hoc projects and involvement with newly onboarded start-ups to ensure parent company is ready to perform the finance function.

 

Risk Management

• Accountable for the effective management of owned risks or controls. Develop these controls to ensure there is appropriate governance on financial processes.
• Work with the Finance leadership to ensure that risks associated with one's own role are understood and managed.
• Assist in identifying and implementing processes to control risks, particularly within your own role.
• Report any existing or new risks, as well as significant control failings/weaknesses or events that may arise, to the Risk team or your manager.
• Ensuring reporting is compliant with financial reporting standards

 

Tax

• Completion of VAT (internal) and Tax (Warren Averett/HMRC) submissions.
• Coordinate tax payments (online and manual checks).
• Coordinate with different government departments to resolve issues (when letters are received).

 

Other Tasks

• Approve & review invoices and expenses before extraction and payment.
• Approve new suppliers.
• Release of payments.
• Review payroll submissions and associated invoices.

 

Qualifications:

• Accounting degree with 5+ years of experience including within the insurance industry.
• Excellent understanding of systems and data.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player, with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Naturally curious and enthusiastic, with a strong eye for detail.
• Willing to take responsibility and be accountable.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and trust.
• High level of problem-solving capabilities.
• Hardworking and resilient.
• Experience with SOX is preferred.