Reinsurance Accountant (12 Month FTC) London or Maidstone (Hybrid)
£70,000 - £80,000
Benefits
We're supporting a leading global insurer with the appointment of a Reinsurance Accountant on a 12-month maternity cover contract.
This role sits within a specialist team responsible for reinsurance reporting, external regulatory submissions, financial controls and month‑end reporting across both retail and wholesale insurance operations.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with insurance industry experience who enjoys technical reporting, process improvement and working closely with finance, actuarial and audit stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the month‑end close process for reinsurance finance
- Analyse actual versus expected results and provide reporting commentary
- Deliver regulatory reporting including SolvencyII and Lloyd’s submissions
- Maintain and enhance SOX and financial controls
- Support external audit activity relating to reinsurance finance
- Review and interpret reinsurance contract structures from a financial reporting perspective
- Drive process improvements, automation and reporting efficiencies
- Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial and wider business functions
Experience Required
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Insurance or reinsurance finance experience
- Strong month‑end, reporting and financial controls background
- Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs and data manipulation
- Experience working with large data sets and manual reporting processesSolvencyII and/or Lloyd’s reporting experience would be highly advantageous
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
What's on Offer?
- Exposure to complex reinsurance and regulatory reporting
- Opportunity to improve and automate existing processes
- Flexible location split between London and Maidstone offices
- Collaborative team environment reporting into an experienced leader
