Reinsurance Accountant; FTC

Reinsurance Accountant (12 Month FTC) London or Maidstone (Hybrid)

£70,000 - £80,000

We're supporting a leading global insurer with the appointment of a Reinsurance Accountant on a 12-month maternity cover contract.

This role sits within a specialist team responsible for reinsurance reporting, external regulatory submissions, financial controls and month‑end reporting across both retail and wholesale insurance operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with insurance industry experience who enjoys technical reporting, process improvement and working closely with finance, actuarial and audit stakeholders.

• Own the month‑end close process for reinsurance finance
• Analyse actual versus expected results and provide reporting commentary
• Deliver regulatory reporting including Solvency
  
  II and Lloyd’s submissions
• Maintain and enhance SOX and financial controls
• Support external audit activity relating to reinsurance finance
• Review and interpret reinsurance contract structures from a financial reporting perspective
• Drive process improvements, automation and reporting efficiencies
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial and wider business functions

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Insurance or reinsurance finance experience
• Strong month‑end, reporting and financial controls background
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs and data manipulation
• Experience working with large data sets and manual reporting processes
  
  Solvency
  
  II and/or Lloyd’s reporting experience would be highly advantageous
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Exposure to complex reinsurance and regulatory reporting
• Opportunity to improve and automate existing processes
• Flexible location split between London and Maidstone offices
• Collaborative team environment reporting into an experienced leader