Syndicate Accountant

at  Davies Group

SYNDICATE ACCOUNTANT

To undertake regulatory and management reporting in respect of certain Lloyd’s entities in support of Head of Client Finance Director and Syndicate Finance Manager as required.

KEY SKILLS:

• Ability to produce consistently accurate work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to progress issues on own initiative, but sufficient judgement to know when to refer to Syndicate Finance Manager or Head of Syndicate Finance.
• Ability to work in an orderly and well organised fashion.
• Willingness to learn and put in extra effort when circumstances require.
• Good communication skills both verbally and in writing.

KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Solid understanding of fundamental accounting principles.
• Qualified in a professional qualification or qualified by experience essential.
• Familiarity and experience of Lloyd’s reporting requirements e.g. working knowledge of QMA/B returns, US/Can Reporting and Solvency ll returns.
• Sound knowledge of IT systems in use within the Asta accounting function – especially Excel, Vision, Sun Accounts.
  Davies Group are a multi-award-winning specialist professional services and technology business. We deliver operations across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation, change management and digital innovation.
  Over recent years we have consistently delivered double digit organic growth. Our programme of digital transformation has seen us successfully launch a range of technology-led solutions in the insurance and highly regulated markets, including the use of video, drones, robotics and our ‘Disruptive Thinking’ innovation lab that places the power of new ideas in the hands of our people. With our investments in technology, we have grown our solutions with existing clients and added new partnerships to our business. Currently we have a global team of around 6,000 professionals working with over 1,000 of our clients across the world.
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• Review of input data and preparation, filing of all Lloyd’s Regulatory returns for Lloyd’s Syndicates, including Annual returns, Quarterly returns, US and Canadian Reporting (including schedules F&P), US and Canadian SIS.
• Prepare Syndicate Management Accounts
• Assist with planning and production of Syndicate annual report and accounts, management information and financial schedules and monthly and quarterly accounting information, as required.
• Contribute to the development of systems for syndicate reporting
• Assist in the migration of key tasks to syndicate personnel and to monitor the accuracy of this data.
• Liaise with syndicate staff, auditors and actuaries as necessary.
• Ad hoc finance projects.