Financial Accountant - Insurance

Financial Accountant - Global Insurance sector

The Company

Our client is a leading player in the global Insurance industry. With a head office domiciled overseas and with operations spanning multiple international jurisdictions, they have a track record of growth and are well regarded as a pioneer in their industry. They continue to perform well, hence this newly created role is being recruited. This role offers real scope to interact with stakeholders and investors both here and abroad.

On offer is an inclusive, forward-thinking and nurturing environment. Your role will report to a talented FC with a strong track record of developing his staff. WFH one day per week on offer.

The Role

Your role as Financial Accountant will sit within a small finance team and will support the continued growth of the organisation. Directly reporting to the Financial Controller (ANZ), you will be responsible for:

• Assisting with the delivery of the month-end results and quarterly consolidations
• Ensure the half and full-year reporting is completed within the timeframes
• Acting as the key contact for all interim and year-end external audits
• Preparation of detailed variance analysis reports with commentary
• Ensure all the statutory and regulatory reporting requirements are adhered to
• Assisting the Financial Controller as needed with ad-hoc analysis and answering requests from the wider business

As well as the above requirements, there will also be opportunities to drive process improvements and lead various projects to automate the finance functions.

Your Background

To be considered for this Financial Accountant role, you will fulfil the following criteria:

• You will be qualified or nearly qualified with a professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA / CPA / CIMA / ACCA)
• Have working experience in either Audit or business services accounting experience gained within a chartered or Big 4 environment, OR Financial Accounting experience gained within a commercial organisation
• Excellent communication skills
• A strong desire to learn, a positive work ethic and potential to take on more and grow within this role

As the business continues to grow both domestically and internationally, this role will expand, becoming more complex and will certainly enhance your knowledge and long-term career prospects.

If you are keen to find out more about this Financial Accountant position, please contact Justin Wong at Richard Lloyd on 02 8324 5646, quoting reference 9425 or click on 'apply now' below.

Please submit your CV in Word format and note that due to the high volume of responses we receive only suitable candidates will be contacted.