Overview:

Company: Acasta European Insurance Company Limited
Title: Insurance Finance Accountant
Reporting to: Head of Finance
Location: Gibraltar
Salary: Dependent on experience

Job Purpose:

The role is to support the Head of Finance in fulfilling the finance and accounting functions.

Main responsibilities:

To complete finance function activities including, but not limited to:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts and technical insurance accounts in line with FRS standards.
• Evaluate the company’s performance through use of insightful analytics and performance ratios (KPIs)
• Maintenance of monthly purchase and sales ledger control accounts
• Assistance with gathering and analyzing financial information for internal MI reporting to various operational committees and board members.
• Assisting with preparation and submission of monthly regulatory reporting solvency returns to GFSC
• Frequent communication and liaison with UK based finance team for accounting inputs, skill-sharing and promoting prompt resolution of financial matters.
• Preform monthly bank, investment, and control account reconciliations
• Assist with management and reporting of investment portfolio.

To assist with the implementation of an accounting and business information systems:

• Responsibility for maintaining and updating accounting procedures
• Support and access effectiveness of the internal controls over the financial reporting process.

To assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements:

• Liaising and collating information for external auditors
• Responding to inquires and communicating with external and internal auditors
• Assisting with implementation of audit recommendation  

To assist with updating and maintenance of planning and budget:

• Liaison with other business department for budgetary inputs and controls.
• Maintaining monthly rolling budget and variance reporting

Qualification, knowledge, experience, and skills:

• Part or qualified accountant, ACCA, or similar part qualified or AAT qualified with at least two years of experience working with in the insurance sector.

Characteristics/ Critical Experiences:

• Advanced excel skills to assist with high level reporting
• Experience of working with auditors, to ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Collaborative mind-set and proven ability to foster and maintain strong relationships and networks across a variety of functions and geographies.
• Good communicator and influencer – abilityto effectively communicate and adjust messages accordingly to a variety of audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise to meet strict deadlines.

Expected behaviours:

• Maintain a thorough understanding of accounting standards and other related requirements, legislation, and regulations.
• Influences colleagues to work together effectively promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion.
• Welcome the use of new technology, encourage ideas and methods that will enhance the risk management and compliance functions, along with the business.