Job Description

The Finance Operations team sits within International Finance responsible for delivering quality internal and external outputs to all stakeholders within a controlled framework for insurance technical, cash, treasury and expense accounting activities.
You will be joining at an exciting time as we invest in strengthening the Finance Operations team and enhancing processes and controls whilst driving for continuous improvements. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Collating, validating and producing tax split reports for the European jurisdictions 
• Organizing tax data by location and generating the tax payable amounts by territory
• Where necessary, confirm premium tax rates and applicability using available online tools
• Completing the tax declaration templates and performing a self-review prior to sharing with the International Tax team and to the outsourced company for submission 
• Liaising with Treasury for top-up payments at the end of each month and any ad hoc payments
• Using multiple sources (including Cognos) to extract tax data and presenting in a consistent format
• Effective liaison within the wider Finance teams, tax, legal entity reporting and internal audit colleagues and with external stakeholders (e.g. external auditors and service providers)
• Preparation of UK Premium Tax returns 
• Ensuring premium taxes and cash entries are correctly recorded with the General Ledger
• Performing cash allocations within the source systems
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization through reviewing current processes, identifying opportunities and implementing change working in conjunction with European branch finance colleagues
• Identify and implement areas of automation

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA Qualified/Part Qualified accountant
• Experienced initiating and driving process and financial control improvements
• Experience initiating and implementing change within Finance
• Advanced excel and general ledger accounting system knowledge / ability
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced excel skills, pivot tables, formulas
• Experience working in an insurance business
• Experience in preparation of insurance premium tax returns
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement and ‘end to end’ process thinking
• Energy, enthusiasm, persistence and adaptability
• Professional approach and delivery of work product
• Ability to influence and lead others
• Focus on timely delivery of quality outputs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Commercially minded, critical thinker with a keen eye for the detail
• Assertive but sensitive to conflicting demands on others.