Client Finance Accountant

Client Finance Accountant

Department: Client Finance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Cheltenham

As a Client Finance Accountant, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant accounting services to a portfolio of clients. Working closely with clients and colleagues, you will ensure all financial reporting, reconciliations, and deliverables are completed to a high standard, helping to drive excellent client outcomes and service delivery.

Delivering agreed services to clients which may include:

• Maintenance of client records and reconciliation of ledgers.
• Preparation of Management accounts and consolidation of financial reports and regulatory returns.
• Preparation of Statutory accounts.
• Preparing, reviewing and processing journals and reference data on ledger.
• Approving payments in line with relevant delegated authority and monitoring/resolving outstanding invoices/statements.
• Monitoring cash movements and balances and escalating to the Client Manager when required.
• Processing payroll on behalf of clients.
• Liaising with regulatory bodies, auditors and clients.
• Ensuring procedures and controls are documented, followed, and updated.
• Keeping abreast of regulatory changes and work with clients, third parties and other Polo staff to ensure such changes are implemented in a controlled and timely manner.
• Ensuring controls are as required and resolve any issues.
• Assisting with recruitment, training, development, and succession planning.
• Assisting with audits for clients.
• Other ad-hoc projects and tasks.

• Experience of preparing management accounts and Annual reports and financial statements
• A keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills
• High professional ethics
• Customer focused
• Able to prioritise and plan to meet deadlines, even when they conflict
• A team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent MS Excel/Word/Outlook skills
• Qualified accountant or qualified by experience
• Knowledge of general insurance finance, including regulatory returns is desirable
• Good knowledge of SUN/Q&A accounting software 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, private health insurance, 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. Band 2