£37000 - £42000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- To take responsibility for the timely and accurate processing with ownership of all aspects of the day-to-day accounting
- Develop and maintain controls for the ledger processes ensuring consistency of approach
- Take responsibility for the reconciliation, balancing, investigation and clearance of general ledger accounts ensuring robust financial control is maintained over all accounts.
- Prepare and present analytical reviews of the Syndicate balance sheet and profit & loss accounts with commentary to differing stakeholders within the wider Finance function
- Completion of Financial Statements.
- Maintain control over all underwriting control accounts ensuring balances are tightly monitored
- Be proactive in working across functions (operations, other finance departments & underwriting) in agreeing and resolving queries
- Liaise with auditors providing transparent reconciliations schedules with appropriate supporting documentation
- Liaise with other departments to ensure timely and accurate provision of underwriting/financial data for postings and reconciliation
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excel functionality to an intermediate user level
- Data analysis tools and techniques. Competencies
- Consistently deliver high quality results, on time and within budget (where applicable)
- Effective time management, ability to manage own workload appropriately
- Effective communication / influencing skills across various parts of the organization
- Builds and maintains strong and effective working relationships across the organization
- Multi-task oriented and shows flexibility when working on several activities simultaneously
- Self-motivation, strong work ethic
- Good attention to detail / analytical skills
- Strong knowledge retention
- Ability to consistently be effective in meetings/manage meetings effectively
- Act with integrity
- Act with due skill, care and diligence
- Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
- Observe proper standards of market conduct
Reference no: 103468