Assistant Accountant - Insurance

Assistant Accountant (Insurance)

An insurance group operating within the Lloyd's market is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support the day-to-day accounting and reporting for a portfolio of entities.

The role sits within a collaborative finance team and offers hands-on exposure to financial reporting, management accounts, audits, and regulatory requirements. It's a great opportunity for a part-qualified accountant looking to gain specialist market experience and develop toward full qualification.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements

• Assist with monthly and quarterly management reporting for their entities

• Perform accounting entries and reconciliations, including bank reconciliations and journals to trial balance

• Provide day-to-day administrative and accounting support across the corporate member portfolio

• Assist with external audits and coordinate audit deliverables

• Represent the business on internal or external working groups as required

• Develop familiarity with Lloyd's reporting and compliance obligations

Skills & Experience:

• Some accounting experience within insurance (Lloyd's market preferred but not essential)

• Capable of preparing reconciliations and accurate postings to trial balance

• Familiar with management account preparation

• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets

• Good general IT literacy and willingness to learn bespoke systems (training provided)

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage tasks to deadline

• Clear communication skills and a collaborative working style

Qualifications:

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), actively studying toward full qualification

This is a great opportunity for a motivated assistant accountant to develop in a specialist Lloyd's reporting environment, with support from an experienced finance team and exposure to senior stakeholders and external auditors.