Interim Senior Financial Accountant
Posted 2 weeks ago by Totaljobs
£100,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
City of London (EC1)
Summary: The role of Interim Senior Financial Accountant involves supporting the financial integration of an insurance company merger, requiring a blend of technical accounting expertise and hands-on consolidation delivery. The position focuses on combination accounting, group consolidation, and merger integration planning under UK GAAP. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and external auditors while managing complex technical accounting challenges. This is a hybrid role with an immediate start for a duration of 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical accounting for the merger including business combination accounting, acquisition accounting, goodwill, fair value adjustments, and consolidation treatment under FRS 102/FRS 103
- Consolidate multiple trial balances into group financial model, performing intercompany eliminations and accounting policy adjustments
- Prepare technical accounting memos for auditors and governance committees
- Build or enhance consolidation models and produce group management accounts and statutory-ready financial statements
- Hands-on delivery: clean trial balances, resolve reconciliation issues, and support audit evidence gathering
- Support merger integration planning and financial governance design
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with direct insurance experience
- Strong experience in financial statement preparation, combinations, and multi-entity consolidations within the insurance sector
- Deep knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102) and FRS 103 (Insurance Contracts)
- Proven track record delivering group consolidations under time pressure
- Advanced Excel skills for consolidation models and complex workings
- Ability to operate at both strategic/advisory and hands-on/execution levels
- Strong communicator able to explain technical accounting to non-specialists
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused
Salary (Rate): £100000 yearly
City: City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Interim Senior Financial Accountant
Location: Hybrid / Office | 12 month | ASAP Start
About the Role
This specialist insurer are recruiting for a an interim Senior Financial Accountant to support the financial integration of an insurance company merger. This role combines high-level technical accounting expertise with hands-on consolidation delivery, You'll be working on combination accounting, group consolidation, and merger integration planning under UK GAAP (FRS 102/FRS 103) and Solvency-UK.
- Technical accounting for the merger including business combination accounting, acquisition accounting, goodwill, fair value adjustments, and consolidation treatment under FRS 102/FRS 103
- Consolidate multiple trial balances into group financial model, performing intercompany eliminations and accounting policy adjustments
- Prepare technical accounting memos for auditors and governance committees
- Build or enhance consolidation models and produce group management accounts and statutory-ready financial statements
- Hands-on delivery: clean trial balances, resolve reconciliation issues, and support audit evidence gathering
- Support merger integration planning and financial governance design
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with direct insurance experience
- Strong experience in in financial statement preparation, combinations, and multi-entity consolidations within the insurance sector
- Deep knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102) and FRS 103 (Insurance Contracts)
- Proven track record delivering group consolidations under time pressure
- Advanced Excel skills for consolidation models and complex workings
- Ability to operate at both strategic/advisory and hands-on/execution levels
- Strong communicator able to explain technical accounting to non-specialists
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused
What's On Offer
An exciting interim role for a developing insurer with direct exposure to senior leadership, external auditors, and complex technical accounting challenges. Opportunity to be involved in an exciting finance project in a complex insurance group
Our client is committed to diversity in all of its forms and operates an inclusive recruitment process and has a hybrid office working environment.