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Management Accountant

  • Location:

    City of London

  • Sector:

    Accountancy & Finance

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Jamie Doudie

  • Contact email:

    Jamie.Doudie@oliverjames.com

  • Job ref:

    JOB-042025-277265_1746721978

  • Published:

    about 21 hours ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-06-07

Management Accountant

Our esteemed client, a prestigious entity in the Insurance sector, is actively seeking a meticulous and dedicated Accountant to enrich their finance department. This full-time, permanent opportunity is based at their well-established offices in the financial district.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, assisting with Financial Accounting, period close and bank reconciliations.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

  • Good knowledge and experience across ERP (sub-ledgers and ledger) aspects of accounting systems and processes
  • Good understanding of external (e.g. Solvency II, statutory reporting, IFRS 17)
  • Knowledge of SAP would be an asset, though not required
  • Fluency in Microsoft Excel
  • Good understanding of data analysis
  • Provision of effective communications with other team members
  • Pro-active mind-set to improve local and functional processes

Experience

  • Experience in financial operations within Financial Services regulated environment
  • Experience in continual improvement process optimisation in a finance operations team
  • Experience around managing data quality, data analysis and data traceability for reporting
  • 3+ years of experience working with actuarial and finance departments in an insurance company.
  • Experience with various regulatory reporting regimes (GAAP, IFRS17, SII) (desirable).
  • Experience working with SAP data (desirable)
  • Strong MS SQL Server, Excel & Access skills; experience with VBA, R, or Python is a plus.
  • Experience with Azure cloud-based systems (desirable)
  • Knowledge of ResQ or similar actuarial reserving tools (desirable).
  • Strong understanding of data structures, database design, and cloud-based data environments.
  • Experience with data reconciliation, automation, and financial reporting processes.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across actuarial, finance, and operations teams.

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