Assistant Manager - UK Accounting - Insurance

We are hiring for our largest insurance brokerage client.

Looking for someone with a minimum of 4 years of experience in accounting, UK GAAP, and US GAAP.

Key Responsibilities:

- Produce management accounts in both Sun and JDE ledgers, provide detailed ME commentary, Balance Sheet reconciliations, and substantiations. There is a requirement to work with stakeholders to investigate issues for resolution. On occasions, there are nonstandard transactions that need to be coordinated across the two different ledgers.

- Work with the accountants who complete transactional accounting entries, to ensure accuracy and fix potential issues.

- To assist the Senior Manager in production of accurate management accounts, and relevant commentary, within the tight reporting deadlines within the Finance function.

- Liaise closely with regional finance teams (primarily Europe and North America-based) on results and reporting.

- Prepare and review reconciliations to verify the accuracy of management accounts and perform monthly, quarterly and year-to-date variance analysis to budget and prior year on P&L.

- Preparation and review of monthly reporting packs and production and review of ad hoc reporting as requested.

- Maintenance of local general ledger in the Sun accounting system and reconcile with the group general ledger.

- Assistance and support in response to external and internal audit requests.

- Assist with the internal overhead allocations process for Europe ensuring that all costs are captured and allocated in line with agreed allocation keys.

- Liaising with processing team to control posting of month end journal transactions and balance sheet reconciliations.

- Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulation, good governance and shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business.

Required Qualification and Experience:

- Qualified CA with more than 4 years of experience in accounting.

- Knowledge of Accounting/ Financial statements/ balance sheet/ GL/ P&L/ Financial reporting/ Statutory reporting etc. is mandatory

- Knowledge of UK GAAP and US GAAP/ IFRS is mandatory.

Preferred Technical Knowledge:

- US GAAP experience

- Professional services background

- SOX experience

- Project management experience/experience of implementing new processes and/or controls