Financial Accountant

at  XL Catlin

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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Good spoken & written communication & interpersonal skills; ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
• Production of timely, accurate and reliable financial information;
• Ability to manage time, work to tight deadlines, prioritise and adapt to changing requirements and dealing with distractions (e.g. questions from the business, project team or CFO).
• Strong Accounting knowledge (IFRS and Irish GAAP), having grasp of overall Financial Statements (P&L and BS).Good accountancy skills and general commercial knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills, with an inquisitive attitude, with attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain a strong and robust control environment , i.e. ensure ledger numbers are reconciled to external sources with explanations supporting reconciling differences.
• Able to remain focused and proactive in working towards deliverables with the confidence to challenge managers and colleagues, both financial and non-financial, on accuracy of information.
• Ability to “take a step back” i.e. to understand the results of their own work to ensure they make sense in a business sense and to ensure accuracy.

Knowledge of an ERP package (particularly

• Support Ireland’s quarterly financial close process, analysing direct and indirect operating expenditure, and the country’s technical performance.
• Assist with monthly analysis of the technical performance of the country.
• Act as a finance business partner for local underwriting management and the Dublin office.
• Responsible for the control of two finance and holding companies domiciled in Ireland to include their quarterly financial close, cash management and related reporting requirements.
• Lead the Annual Financial Statements’ production of these companies, liaising with external audit to plan and coordinate the year-end audit process.
• Assist with the preparation of the Ireland operating expense and technical plan.
• Engage with Group tax and International Treasury to co-ordinate all tax payments for entities domiciled in Ireland.
• Preparation of various statutory returns, to bodies including CSO, on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Monitoring of core controls such as balance sheet reconciliations across Financial Control and Shared Services to ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial information.
• Liaise with different parties including Actuarial, Enterprise Risk Management, Underwriting and Claims as necessary.
• Responding to ad-hoc technical queries; resolving issues promptly