Job Title: Senior Accountant
Summary:
A senior accountant role has become available at our company, offering a unique opportunity to progress your career and gain experience in financial accounting and financial planning and analysis. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with strong technical accounting experience and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities:
* Complete the month-end process for expenses, including reconciling financial ledgers and source data, while meeting group reporting requirements.
* Analyze actual expenses against budgets and forecasts to ensure targets are met, identifying and reporting any surplus or deficit in a timely manner.
* Prepare reports, KPI analysis, and presentations for various stakeholders and committees.
* Develop budgets as part of the annual planning cycle.
* Maintain strong working relationships with business partners and stakeholders.
* Support the finance manager in tracking productivity initiatives.
* Continuously review and update procedures to ensure they remain current, complete, and in line with best practices.
* Evaluate and propose improvements to automate processes, enhancing efficiency, quality, and accuracy.
* Assist and provide mentorship to junior team members.
Requirements:
* Hold a professional certification (e.g., ACA, ACCA).
* Minimum of 2 years' post-qualification experience (PQE).
* Strong technical accounting experience.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating and delivering highly accurate output in an environment of multiple deadlines.
* Advanced knowledge in Excel, including building formulas, using pivot tables, formatting and manipulating data, working with large data sets, VBAs, Macros etc.
* Proven ability to manage and complete a variety of projects simultaneously.
* Prior experience within a financial services environment.
* Working knowledge of insurance accounting.
* Prior General Ledger experience - SAP.
About Us:
Our company is a global provider of insurance and financial services products. We offer a flexible work environment and opportunities for growth and development.