Expense Accountant - Group Protection - 12 Month FTC

We’re recruiting for an Expense Accountant to join our Retail Division on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract. In this role you will support on the delivery of Group Protection financial targets by providing proactive financial and management accounting services to the Group Protection business and by delivering sound and effective operational finance management.

This is a hybrid working opportunity which will allow you to split your working week between your home and either our Hove or London Offices.

What you’ll be doing:

• Producing monthly & quarterly reports and management information packs for senior management meetings to aid with decision-making and in order to achieve business financial targets. You may also be asked to produce Ad-hoc analysis / slides in support of demonstrating how we are tracking to the overall Group Protection financial targets.

• Managing monthly reconciliation and analysis of Insurance MER data and projected direct expenses and FTE positions, highlighting trends and risks against Full Year Forecast and Budget.

• Ensuring robust processes are in place to track and report benefits set out and provide support in the production and benefit tracking of the Group Protection Investment Portfolio when required.

• Monitoring and reporting monthly spend in relation to Insurance, including processing relevant accruals to Group Protection and Group funding cost centres. Ensuring that spend is tracking to expectation and is in line with business case / overall Insurance targets.

• Supporting the quarterly forecast, by providing accurate and timely management information.

• Maintaining and monitoring robust accounting standards, policies and financial controls across the team to ensure compliance with the Group Standards, statutory requirements and the control framework. Ensuring all processes and financial transactions are compliant with internal and external audit requirements.

• Assisting managers and Executive members to help them understand financial perspectives, enabling the business to adopt a proactive and innovative role in achieving the financial expense targets.

• Ensuring that the appropriate Finance MI, process and systems are in place to provide support to Insurance Business Units so that customers are treated fairly in line with Legal & General’s Customer Experience and TCF policies.