Technical Accountant
o Industry
s 55,000-60,000+ benefits
q City Centre
p Contract
r 1741
I am working with a leading international insurance group on a Newly Qualified Accountant position. The salary will be c. €55-60k + benefits.
The role is an initial 11 month contract but with excellent precedence to go permanent.
Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of assigned block of treaties and liaise with clients associated with this block as necessary. This position requires co-ordinatation with the internal Corporate Actuarial, Underwriting and Finance/ Investment teams, managing the delivery of requirements to various stakeholders.
- Responsibility for maintaining records on SAP accounting system and maintaining a high-quality, auditable technical accounting file for the portfolio.
- Prepare and send out monthly billing accounts and data summaries to retrocessionaires. Participate in quarterly review of all contracts within assigned portfolio and highlight potential issues to management prior to sign off.
- Liaise with internal and external auditors as required. Produce regular and ad-hoc reports for internal and inter group customers. Other ad hoc responsibilities as they pertain to administration of the portfolio and fulfillment of local & Group reporting requirements.
- Claims administration including updating claims database, verifying policy existence, confirmation of claims payments, quarterly reporting and analysis of claims.
- Cash management including follow up with debtors for outstanding cash and statement of accounts and allocation of cash receipts in the SAP accounting system. Provide short and medium-term liquidity data to Investments & Treasury team – exchange information regularly regarding expected technical payments and receipts.
Requirements
- Third level qualification preferred
- Newly qualified accountant [ACA/ACCA/CIMA]
- 2+ years experience in an accounting role (insurance or reinsurance experience an advantage)
- Solid understanding of computerised accounting packages and multicurrency accounting
- Previous experience of working with SAP an advantage
- Excellent computer skills with a comprehensive knowledge of MS Office product Excel
- Excellent communication skills Excellent time management skills with a proven track record of working to and meeting deadlines
- Understanding of key technical terms of reinsurance contracts and how they transpose into technical accounting structure is an advantage Analytical skill
