Assistant Syndicate Accountant

at  Beazley Management Limited

General:
Job Title: Syndicate Assistant Accountant
Location: Dublin
WFH Policy: Flexible Hybrid / 2 days in office per week
Contract Type: 9-month Fixed Term Contract
Job Summary:
To support the Syndicate Controller & Syndicate Finance Team Lead in preparing financial reporting and maintaining the Books of Account for the syndicate ledgers.
General:

It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to Beazley’s core values – Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing – as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers. We also expect Beazley employees to:

• Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct. Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People development or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.
• Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
• Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
• Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.
• Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working group

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting

• Bookkeeping, bank entries and monthly journals using Agresso (GL package).
• Preparation of bank reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Preparation of key balance sheet reconciliations on a quarterly basis.
• Preparation of key investment reconciliations on a quarterly basis.
• Analytical review of period end insurance receivable and payable balances.
• Day to day monitoring and matching of insurance receipts/payments.
• Identifying and advising of corrective action where appropriate, to include posting journals using Agresso.
• Assisting in preparation of trial balances and statutory accounts.
• Ad hoc reporting including co-ordination and collection of information to prepare internal reports.
• Liaise with Credit Control, Treasury Team, Banks, Underwriters and other Finance Teams as appropriate.
• Support Syndicate Controller, Syndicate Finance Team Lead and Finance Manager with Ad Hoc requests and projects as necessary.

Finance projects and process improvements:

• Strive to improve process documentation and efficiency between busy periods.
• Assist with ad-hoc projects as they arise.

Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

• Studying towards professional qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent).
• University degree in finance/business/accounting preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Intermediate/advanced Excel skills essential.
• Intermediate skills working with MS Office software, such as Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
• Must be able to work as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive, self starter, seeks continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritise.

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of non-life insurance company accounting is preferred, but not essential.
• Knowledge of Lloyds market/syndicate accounting is preferred, but not essential.

Aptitude and Disposition

• Self motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.
• Must demonstrate desire for continuous improvement.
• Professional approach to successfully interact with senior management/colleagues/external suppliers.

Competencies

• Team work
• Coaching ability
• Technical competence and expertise
• Accuracy
• Analytical thinking/information seeking
• Speed and quality
• Communication
• Energy
• Integrity
• Flexible

Please refer the Job description for details