Client Finance Accounting Technician

Client Finance Accounting Technician

Department: Client Finance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Cheltenham

To provide a professional accounting service to Clients. This includes ensuring you complete all responsibilities, services and deliverables below in an accurate, timely, relevant, compliant and cost-effective manner.

Ensure you deliver agreed services to clients in manner described above. Services may include but are not limited to:

• Maintain accounting records
• Prepare and check and process transactions and reference data on ledger
• Reconcile balance sheet and P&L items
• Settle payments in line with relevant delegated authority and monitor/resolve outstanding invoices/statements
• Issue invoices/statements and monitor, chase and resolve outstanding balances
• Match receipts to debts
• Monitor cash balances
• Assist with the preparation of management accounts, dashboards, KPIS, regulatory returns, cash analysis and forecasts
• Assist with on-boarding of new clients and closedown of ceased clients.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, third parties and other Polo staff.
• Advise managers of new/changed risks.
• Ensure procedures and controls are documented, followed, reviewed, and updated.
• Keep up with regulatory changes and work with clients, third parties and other Polo staff to ensure such changes are implemented in a controlled and timely manner.
• Look for ways to improve receivables/services/deliverables/controls or decrease costs and work with clients, third parties and other Polo staff to ensure such changes are implemented in a controlled and timely manner.
• Assist with ensuring receivables/services/deliverables/controls are as required and resolve any issues.
• Assist with internal/external audits for clients/Polo.
• Ensure information security rules are embedded in your work.
• Other ad-hoc projects and tasks as required.

• Meeting of client SLA’s
• Accuracy rates

• Clients
• Client Finance Team

Decisions taken within defined guidelines for role and client specific procedures.

• Experience in general insurance finance is desirable
• High professional ethics
• Good people person
• Customer focused
• Commercially aware
• Able to prioritise and plan to meet deadlines, even when they conflict
• Good communicator and team player with a committed, professional and positive attitude
• Effective problem solving skills
• Excellent MS Excel/Word/Outlook skills
• Demonstrates behaviours aligned to the Polo Works PRIDE values:

• Pioneering - we don't stand still
• Responsible - We do the right thing
• Inclusive - we all play a role
• Delivery Focused- we provide services we are proud of
• Empowering - we equip people to be their best

Knowledge of SUN/Q&A and internet banking is desirable

As well as a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a minimum 24 days of annual leave (with the option to buy more), you will also get an excellent benefits package, including flexible, hybrid working, life assurance, income protection, enhanced pension contributions, and occupational maternity and paternity pay.

You will also have access to company volunteering days, an Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing scheme, an employee assistance programme with retail discounts and savings, a generous employee referral scheme, regular sports and social events, and free Cheltenham bus travel.

Benefits Band 1