About Us
We're the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life, and ReAssure.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a financial accountant with strong technical accounting skills to join our Financial Reporting team on a 12-month contract. The role is integral to supporting accurate financial reporting and contributing to the success of the finance strategy.
Key Responsibilities
* Complete a range of financial reporting tasks (including Statutory reporting for production of financial reports and providing analysis and review of financial data) as required to meet business, commercial, and regulatory requirements
* Provide professional accountancy and commercial advice to multiple stakeholders in a range of business environments to inform business decision-making
* Drive the ongoing delivery of robust, effective, and efficient operational finance processes and controls and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
* Support external and internal audit process
* Work with other teams (including cross-jurisdiction) to ensure effective teamwork, role cover, and commonality of best practice and direction
* Support and active involvement in projects across the finance team
* Represent Finance on governance forums for relevant projects
* Ensure business readiness criteria are agreed and delivered for key projects
* Ensure adequate training and involvement of others as required to ensure the Finance teams embrace the various projects that impact the team
What We're Looking For
* Professional accountancy qualification (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or local equivalent)
* Ideal minimum of 2 years post-qualified experience
* Strong technical accounting skills
* Preferably experience working in the life insurance industry
* Experience working on projects within a finance team would be an advantage
Our Commitment to Diversity
We value diversity in our workforce and welcome inquiries from everyone. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.