Assistant Syndicate Accountant
£ 35,000 - £45,000+ bonus + benefits
City of London

The Company

The organisation is a rapidly growing, dynamic insurance group with an excellent reputation. They have a strong commercial and collegiate team environment where employees are given the opportunity to develop and make significant contributions to the organisation's success.

The Opportunity
Joining a dynamic, friendly finance team and reporting to the Group Financial Controller, and directly to the Syndicate Finance Manager, you will be a key member of a young, growing syndicate.

  • Performance of monthly bank and LCA reconciliations
  • Preparation and posting of monthly expenses, accruals and prepayments
  • Calculation and posting of deferred acquisition costs
  • Journal entry on Sun Accounts and other bookkeeping control processes
  • Supervision of daily and weekly cash movement recording, including posting of Lloyd's daily settlements
  • Investments and overseas deposit postings and reconciliations
  • Compilation of monthly syndicate management accounts
  • Compilation of Lloyd's quarterly and annual regulatory returns
  • Support to Syndicate finance team
  • Other ad hoc tasks as necessary
  • Working in conjunction with Solvency II guidelines and within given parameters

Who They Are Looking For

The company is looking for and enthusiastic and committed person with a keen attention to detail and who has the ability to learn and develop. To be considered for this excellent opportunity you should meet the following criteria:

  • Part-qualified - studying for an accountancy qualification
  • Experience with Lloyd's insurance reporting such as QMA QMC or QMB
  • Highly competent computer literacy- Excel & Word specifically
  • Good communication skills, and able to work effectively in a team