Group Financial Accountant - #1709266

Policy Expert - Group Financial Accountant

Are you ready to transform the insurance industry?

Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.

Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we've won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK's No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013.

Hear from our team about what it's like working at Policy Expert

The Role

We are looking for a financial accountant to join our Financial Reporting & Control team. This role forms a key part of our finance team, working to prepare, review and manage the Group's internal and external financial reporting.

Over the last 18-24 months, Policy Expert has been investing in its finance team, evolving at pace into a modern finance team to appropriately support the growth of the wider group. Policy Expert itself has recently been acquired 50% by private equity investor Cinven, alongside investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). In response the Group's financial reporting and control environment needs to continue to mature to support the ambitious plans Policy Expert has. This is likely to include a GAAP conversion to IFRS in the next few years.

You can expect lots of opportunity to contribute to the success of financial reporting and control in a team that continues to grow, evolve and drive improvement.

Key duties will include:

• Support drafting and reviewing financial statements under FRS102, and advising on any changes to accounting standards as required.
• Drafting of papers on key accounting matters for Audit and Reserving Committees.
• Work with the Group Financial Controller on key accounting matters, with opportunity to present on these to the Chief Financial Officer and Audit Committee Chair.
• Significant contribution to managing the annual and interim audit.
• Develop and document accounting processes, systems and controls.
• Provision of accounting and reporting support to other teams as required, including supporting with the investigation and reconciliation of accounting issues that may arise.
• Working with the record to report team to support with the monthly close process for the Group's trading entities. Driving the monthly close timetable.
• Oversight of group level accounting entries (such as VAT, corporation tax, investments in subsidiaries, debt and equity etc).
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy of financial reporting and highlighting areas requiring further analysis. Tracking and completion of balance sheet action points.
  
  

Who are you:

• Likely to be your first-move from practice from a top-4 audit firm, having worked as an audit manager or assistant manager.
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices (FRS102), and confident with IFRS.
• Audit experience resolving issues on key accounting estimates and judgements.
• Experience auditing (or working in) larger organisations that are likely to have mature financial reporting and controls processes. Corporate / Group accounting knowledge or experience is essential.
• A willingness to share ideas and collaborate with colleagues to make changes to systems and processes.
• Qualified (or part-qualified) ACCA/ACA.
• Some knowledge of taxation principles, including experience of corporation tax computations
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data.
• Strong communication skills, and able to work independently, using own initiative to achieve deliverables.
  
  

Benefits:

This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.

Learning budget of £1,000 a year + Study leave (with encouragement to use it)

Private medical & Dental cover

Enhance maternity & paternity

Travel season ticket loan.

Access to a wide selection of London O2 events and use of a Private Lounge.

Employee Wellbeing Programme.

What We Stand for and Next Steps "We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We treat all applications equally and recruit based solely on an individual's skills, knowledge, and experience. The quality and growing diversity of our team is a testament to this commitment"

At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.

We aim to be in touch within 14 working days of your application – you will be notified if successful or unsuccessful. Please be encouraged to apply even if you do not meet all the requirements.

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