Description:
Reporting Accountant
Role Type: Contract - 12 months
The Role:
To manage the preparation and delivery of quarterly and annual financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP accountancy standards and manage the reporting requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the group financial reporting team members, in the preparation of the AIHL consolidated financial statements, consolidation and elimination journals, and supporting schedules
- Manage the preparation of the quarterly financial supplement
- Assist with the preparation of internal and external slide presentations
- Responsible for the production of the annual report and accounts and certain other regulatory reports or submissions within the remit of the group financial reporting team
- Production of the quarterly group reporting timetable, and co-ordination of group close activities to support group reporting activities
- Liaise with external auditors on issues and work independently to resolve them
- Dealing with multiple stakeholders, including regional controllers, Finance system and other teams to cleanse the data in the ledger
- Produce reconciliations between actuarial and finance for insurance losses.
- Assist in ad-hoc projects on finance reporting integration
Skills & Experience:
- Qualified Accountant (ICAEW, ACA, CA or equivalent)
- 5 + years post qualified experience
- Experience in the insurance industry is essential
- Experience preparing consolidated financial statements
- Big 4 audit firm experience
- Finance system change projects experience would be beneficial
- Advanced Word / Excel / PowerPoint skills