Artemis Financial

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The  Accountant will:

• Take responsibility for the preparation and analysis of data with a view to producing summary monthly & quarterly syndicate information.
• Assist the Head of Syndicate Finance to ensure Lloyds Reporting deadlines are met.
• Support the Head of Syndicate Finance in the preparation of information for external reporting to regulators.
• Ensure the integrity of underwriting information used for internal and external reporting.
• Improve communications between the finance team, actuarial, and the external auditors, so as to increase the efficiency in finance’s processes.
• Supervise & coordinate the work of the service level providers to ensure deadlines are met with timely & accurate data.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure Syndicate trial balance is updated & completed on a monthly basis.
• Review all balance items to ensure they are substantiated & coded correctly.
• Ensure Syndicate inter-company balances reconciled monthly.
• Prepare Syndicate Report & Accounts.
• Provide periodic information to third parties (e.g. capital providers) and responding to queries raised by those third parties.
• Coordinate the completion of Lloyds QMR return/IID/FSA/SRD/Situs returns.
• Ensure information requested on the audit deliverables list is being produced and distributed on a timely basis and communicating with the auditors to identify issues and ensure their prompt resolution.
• Coordinate the completion of SIS and tax returns to Lloyd’s prior to review by the Syndicate Accountant.
• Coordinate the completion of annual DD filings to Lloyds.
• Review  the production annual accounting data from Eclipse Annual Accounting Model.
• Assist Head of Syndicate Finance with interrogation of Finance Cube data for analytical analysis.
• Review & analyse Syndicate expense costs and provide commentary for board reporting.

Skills and Experience:

• ACCA/ACA
• Graduate preferred
• Experience within the London insurance market (including Lloyd’s regulatory returns)
• Numerate and IT Literate

Personal Qualities:

• Enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Good communication skills
• Ability to lead and work within a team
• Engagement with the wider business