Accounting Manager

Overview

In this role you will enhance financial systems and close processes within a leading international insurance organisation. You’ll support analysis of results and ensure accuracy across insurance accounting areas, while resolving data and system issues. You will provide system support through the close cycle, monitor data flows, and contribute to governance and transformation initiatives. This position offers impact across finance processes and collaboration with IT and finance teams.

Pay / Benefits

• collaborative working culture
• long-term career development
• opportunity to influence major finance transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

• Enhance financial systems and close processes, from small improvements to transformation projects
• Support analysis of financial results and ensure accuracy across insurance technical accounting areas
• Identify, investigate and resolve data or accounting issues across finance systems
• Provide system support throughout the financial close cycle to ensure timely, accurate reporting
• Monitor data flows and integrations across multiple internal platforms
• Raise, track and test system fixes, enhancements and change requests
• Keep process and control documentation up to date
• Assist with external audit queries relating to system-generated balances
• Contribute to system governance committees and help shape future priorities

Key requirements

• Qualified accountant, or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of insurance technical accounting across P&L, balance sheet and cashflow
• Experience delivering finance system projects or supporting system implementations
• Solid knowledge of financial systems, general ledger processes and data platforms
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence with large, complex datasets
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Able to work independently while collaborating with IT, vendors and finance colleagues
• Clear and confident communicator, able to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
• Highly organised, proactive and accountable in managing workload

• communication
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• finance systems
• general ledger processes
• data platforms

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