Senior Statutory Accountant (contract)
Posted 5 days ago by IGA Talent Solutions
£85 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Statutory Accountant role is a hands-on contract position focused on preparing legal entity statutory accounts and managing external audit processes for a UK insurance business. The position requires expertise in IFRS 17 and UK insurance reporting, with a strong emphasis on auditor liaison and documentation preparation. Candidates must possess relevant experience in insurance accounting and audit, ideally from a Big 4 or Top 10 firm. This is a 6-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparation of legal entity statutory accounts for UK insurance entities
- Manage audit preparation and supporting documentation
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditor
- Apply IFRS 17 knowledge in a statutory reporting/audit context
- Produce notes, documentation and committee-level papers
- Work with finance, actuarial, technical accounting and senior leadership teams
- Support knowledge capture and process documentation during a busy reporting period
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant, ideally ACA / ACCA
- External audit training, ideally Big 4 or Top 10
- Strong IFRS 17 insurance knowledge
- Practical understanding of UK insurance reporting / regulatory requirements
- Proven experience preparing or materially owning legal entity statutory accounts for insurance businesses
- Experience in external audit preparation, including working papers, reconciliations, disclosures and evidence
- Direct external auditor liaison, including audit queries, technical explanations and issue resolution
- Experience producing papers or reporting documentation for Board, Audit Committee, Risk Committee or equivalent forums
Salary (Rate): £85.00/hr
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Senior Statutory Accountant (contract) UK Insurance 6-month initial contract £600-£650 per day (Inside IR35) Hybrid (2 dpw office time) IGA is supporting a UK insurance business to appoint a Senior Statutory Accountant as an external contractor on an initial 6-month assignment. This is an extremely hands-on role focused on legal entity statutory accounts, IFRS 17, UK insurance reporting, external audit preparation, auditor liaison, and documentation prep for Board / oversight committee review. Please note: this role requires directly relevant UK insurance accounting and audit experience. It is unlikely to suit candidates from general finance, FP&A, internal audit, non-insurance statutory reporting, or purely group consolidation backgrounds.
Mandatory experience:
- Qualified accountant, ideally ACA / ACCA
- External audit training, ideally Big 4 or Top 10
- Strong IFRS 17 insurance knowledge
- Practical understanding of UK insurance reporting / regulatory requirements
- Proven experience preparing or materially owning legal entity statutory accounts for insurance businesses
- Experience in external audit preparation, including working papers, reconciliations, disclosures and evidence
- Direct external auditor liaison, including audit queries, technical explanations and issue resolution
- Experience producing papers or reporting documentation for Board, Audit Committee, Risk Committee or equivalent forums
Key responsibilities:
- Preparation of legal entity statutory accounts for UK insurance entities
- Manage audit preparation and supporting documentation
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditor
- Apply IFRS 17 knowledge in a statutory reporting/audit context
- Produce notes, documentation and committee-level papers
- Work with finance, actuarial, technical accounting and senior leadership teams
- Support knowledge capture and process documentation during a busy reporting period
This assignment is best suited to candidates from:
- Big 4 / Top 10 insurance audit
- UK insurance financial/statutory reporting
- IFRS 17 insurance reporting or audit methodology
- Insurance technical accounting
- Legal entity reporting for a UK insurer or reinsurer
The strongest candidates will have taken individual insurance entities from trial balance / general ledger through to statutory accounts preparation, audit evidence, audit review and sign-off. Please only apply if you have direct experience across insurance statutory accounts, IFRS 17, external audit delivery, UK insurance reporting and legal entity reporting.