Reporting Accountant

A leading speciality insurance organisation is seeking an experienced Reporting Accountant to join its Finance team in London on a fixed-term basis.

This is a hands‑on role with responsibility for statutory reporting, month-end and quarter-end close, reconciliations and audit support across multiple entities.

In this Reporting Accountant role, you will be responsible for:

• Preparing statutory financial statements for multiple entities.
• Liaison with external auditors.
• Finalising monthly and quarterly trial balances accurately and to tight deadlines.
• Reviewing cash journals and bank reconciliations.
• Performing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Quarterly group reporting.
• Identifying and resolving accounting issues independently and contributing to wider Finance deliverables.

The successful candidate for this Reporting accountant role, will need the following experience:

• Previous experience in a finance role at an insurance business
• Strong knowledge of insurance accounting.
• Proven experience preparing statutory accounts.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Proven experience with financial data reconciliation.

Desirable:

• Experience with in the Lloyd's market and/or company market.
• Experience working across multiple legal entities.