Financial Reinsurance Accounting Manager

Direct Line Group Careers; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 80,000

Job description

About Us

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

The Role

The Financial Reinsurance Accounting Manager supports the Production and Control Senior Lead to ensure that all production activities are executed on a timely basis to provide a robust foundation for finance data and reporting to be driven from.

What you'll be doing:

1. Technical Finance Oversight: Validate, post, and review technical finance journals, ensuring accuracy in line with controls. Specific accountability for our Excess of Loss and various Quotashare treaties.

2. Collaborate with Outsourced Partners: Work alongside the Production and Control Senior Lead to manage SLAs and build productive workflows with our outsourced finance partner, focusing on approval and exception matrices.

3. Month-End Optimisation: Challenge and refine month-end processes, identifying improvements in timelines and accuracy of financial reinsurance accounting entries in line with the Group’s Accounting Policies.

4. Balance Sheet & Financial Reporting: Review legal entity and consolidated financial statements. Analyse key movements, prepare monthly reporting, and ensure accuracy in reconciliations.

5. Provide support to our Reinsurance team: including periodic external reporting to brokers and reinsurers, debt management and new treaty purchases.

6. Risk Management & Audit Support: Proactively identify and manage financial risks, collaborating with internal and external auditors to maintain robust control over our financial records.

7. Project Collaboration: Support Finance-wide projects by sharing technical expertise in financial reinsurance processes, accounting standards, and best practices, especially during the testing and implementation of new systems.

What We’re Looking For:

1. Qualified Accountant: (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), skilled at approaching financial reinsurance accounting issues creatively to deliver new solutions.

2. Technical Expertise: Reinsurance experience essential and knowledge of IFRS17 preferred, with strong proficiency in IAS 38, IAS 16, and IAS 36, as well as substantial experience in reconciliation and substantiation.

3. Financial Modelling: Proficient in Microsoft Excel for financial modelling; experience with Oracle Financials and Cognos TM1 is a plus.

4. Effective Communicator: Comfortable building relationships, sharing ideas, and collaborating with both onshore and offshore teams to reach resolutions.

What we’ll give you:
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office working, varying with the nature of your role. Core benefits include:

• Annual performance-based bonus
• 9% Private Pension
• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
• EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
• Generous holiday allowance
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback
• Plus many more

Ways of Working: Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you. Read our flexible working approach here.

Being yourself:

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.

We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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