At a Glance
- Tasks: Support financial integration of an insurance merger with hands-on consolidation delivery.
- Company: Dynamic insurer offering a hybrid work environment and exposure to senior leadership.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and involvement in exciting finance projects.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Why this job: Join a complex finance project and tackle technical accounting challenges head-on.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with insurance experience and strong consolidation skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
This specialist insurer is recruiting for an interim Senior Financial Accountant to support the financial integration of an insurance company merger. This role combines high-level technical accounting expertise with hands-on consolidation delivery. You'll be working on combination accounting, group consolidation, and merger integration planning under UK GAAP (FRS 102/FRS 103) and Solvency-UK.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical accounting for the merger including business combination accounting, acquisition accounting, goodwill, fair value adjustments, and consolidation treatment under FRS 102/FRS 103.
- Consolidate multiple trial balances into group financial model, performing intercompany eliminations and accounting policy adjustments.
- Prepare technical accounting memos for auditors and governance committees.
- Build or enhance consolidation models and produce group management accounts and statutory-ready financial statements.
- Hands-on delivery: clean trial balances, resolve reconciliation issues, and support audit evidence gathering.
- Support merger integration planning and financial governance design.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with direct insurance experience.
- Strong experience in financial statement preparation, combinations, and multi-entity consolidations within the insurance sector.
- Deep knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102) and FRS 103 (Insurance Contracts).
- Proven track record delivering group consolidations under time pressure.
- Advanced Excel skills for consolidation models and complex workings.
- Ability to operate at both strategic/advisory and hands-on/execution levels.
- Strong communicator able to explain technical accounting to non-specialists.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused.
What's On Offer
- An exciting interim role for a developing insurer with direct exposure to senior leadership, external auditors, and complex technical accounting challenges.
- Opportunity to be involved in an exciting finance project in a complex insurance group.
Our client is committed to diversity in all of its forms and operates an inclusive recruitment process and has a hybrid office working environment.
Interim Senior Financial Accountant employer: Insight Recruitment Solutions
Join a dynamic and inclusive team at this specialist insurer, where you'll have the opportunity to work on high-impact financial projects that shape the future of the company. With a hybrid working environment, you can enjoy flexibility while collaborating closely with senior leadership and external auditors, enhancing your professional growth in a supportive atmosphere. This role not only offers the chance to tackle complex technical accounting challenges but also fosters a culture of diversity and innovation, making it an excellent place for meaningful and rewarding employment.
Contact Details:
Insight Recruitment Solutions Recruitment Team
