Company
HSB
Location
Manchester , United Kingdom
Role: Senior Accountant FP&A
Location: Manchester / Birkenhead (Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office)
Permanent


Job Purpose:
The focus of the Senior Accountant is to assist in the preparation and reporting of high-quality financial information, including undertaking and being accountable for various key financial processes.


Additionally, you will support and drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, in addition to enhancing the control environment.


Key Responsibilities:

• Potential management of a small team. To lead, develop and mentor.
• Contribution to the month and quarter close process in line with company policies and timetables.
• Create and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.
• Ownership of key month end and quarter end deliverables, for example a subset of the tasks below depending on the team:
  • Monthly affiliate pack submitted to HSB IIC, including cash flow
  • Quarterly reporting to Munich Re (incl. IFRS17)
  • Oversight of balance sheets, ensuring understanding and control of balances
  • Investment reporting, working alongside investment managers and oversight of cash management
  • Tax balances, including calculating and posting of corporation tax estimates, and completion of Insurance Premium Tax and VAT returns
  • Working cross-function to set IBNR reserves and manage reinsurance recoveries/treaty costs
  • Solvency II reporting
  • Annual statutory accounts
  • Production of insightful financial analysis, including expense analysis and supporting the planning and forecasting process
• Provide Financial support and respond to ad-hoc requests from key stakeholders across the HSB and Munich Re group.
• Represent finance on various current and future projects relating to both the team and wider business.
• Adhering to robust and compliant accounting processes to ensure accurate reporting of both the P&L and Balance sheet.
• Commitment to personal development in order to meet both current and future requirements of the business.

Key Skills & Experience:
Essential

• Indentification and drive of continuous improvement activities
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Self motivated
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent MS Excel knowledge (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables etc).
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

• Experience of working within the Insurance and / or Engineering Industry.

Additional Skills & Responsibilities:

• Interacting with People: Establishing relationships and maintaining contacts with employees including Senior Management/Key decision makers.
• Initiative: Innovative approach to problem solving, anticipating opportunities and the ability to question/challenge existing methods and approaches.
• Attention to detail: Applying high quality standards to all tasks undertaken.
• Mentoring: Supporting junior team members towards their achievements and qualifications where appropriate.
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both verbally and written.
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly and across locations, where deadlines require, within the Company’s required operating hours.

Qualifications & Educational Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (passed finalist) - ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Benefits:
A snapshot of some of our benefits:

• Agile/Hybrid working
• Private Healthcare (Aviva)
• Aviva Digital GP
• Employer Pension contribution of 13%
• Annual bonus
• Professional qualification support
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• x2 wellbeing days per year

At HSB Group (including Premier Gurantee), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.


All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.