Senior Technical Accountant
Summary: The Senior Technical Reporting Accountant will join a high-performing finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, focusing on delivering high-quality financial reporting and ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP. The role requires a technically strong qualified accountant with insurance experience, who will collaborate with Finance and Actuarial teams and support continuous improvement initiatives. Key responsibilities include leading the financial close process, preparing quarterly insurance technical results, and providing technical guidance to stakeholders. This position is pivotal in maintaining a strong financial control environment while managing external audit interactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical financial close process, investigating and explaining significant movements and ensuring timely, accurate reporting.
- Prepare and review quarterly insurance technical results under IFRS 17, IFRS 4, and UK GAAP.
- Produce technical inputs for quarterly reporting packs and support financial performance reviews, including variance analysis against plan and prior periods.
- Partner with Finance and Actuarial teams to review actuarial outputs from an accounting perspective.
- Provide technical accounting guidance to senior stakeholders and act as a subject matter expert within the finance function.
- Support finance transformation initiatives, system enhancements, process improvements, and change projects.
- Review work completed by other accountants, providing coaching and technical support where required.
- Act as a key contact for external auditors, managing technical queries and audit deliverables.
- Drive continuous improvement while maintaining a strong financial control environment.
Key Skills:
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Proven experience managing or supporting financial close processes.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS 17, IFRS 4, and UK GAAP.
- Previous experience within the insurance sector, with Lloyd's market experience highly desirable.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We're looking for an experienced Senior Technical Reporting Accountant to join a high-performing finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role is ideal for a technically strong qualified accountant with insurance experience who enjoys working at the intersection of Finance, Actuarial and external stakeholders. You'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP, supporting the quarterly close process and driving continuous improvement across reporting processes and systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical financial close process, investigating and explaining significant movements and ensuring timely, accurate reporting.
- Prepare and review quarterly insurance technical results under IFRS 17, IFRS 4, and UK GAAP.
- Produce technical inputs for quarterly reporting packs and support financial performance reviews, including variance analysis against plan and prior periods.
- Partner with Finance and Actuarial teams to review actuarial outputs from an accounting perspective.
- Provide technical accounting guidance to senior stakeholders and act as a subject matter expert within the finance function.
- Support finance transformation initiatives, system enhancements, process improvements, and change projects.
- Review work completed by other accountants, providing coaching and technical support where required.
- Act as a key contact for external auditors, managing technical queries and audit deliverables.
- Drive continuous improvement while maintaining a strong financial control environment.
Must-Haves
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Proven experience managing or supporting financial close processes.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS 17, IFRS 4, and UK GAAP.
- Previous experience within the insurance sector, with Lloyd's market experience highly desirable.
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