The posting
Role: Senior Accountant (12 month FTC)
Location: London
Position: Fixed Term Contract
About the Job
We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support the Service Company team in delivering and enhancing the accounting, reporting, and financial operations of the Service and Holding entities. This role includes ownership of the monthly close process for a portfolio of entities, delivery of internal reporting to the MS&AD Group and Management/Boards, oversight of statutory accounts and regulatory returns, and driving improvements across financial control and reporting processes.
What you’ll spend your time doing
While there is rarely a typical day, here’s a snapshot of some of the key parts of the job:
- The Senior Accountant will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining general ledgers, ensuring accurate postings, reconciliations, and financial integrity throughout the monthly and quarterly close cycles for a number of service and holding companies.
- Review and prepare complex accounting journals including accruals, prepayments, tangible and intangible additions/disposals, amortisation/depreciation, intercompany recharges, allocations, interest calculations, and reclassifications.
- Own balance sheet substantiation procedures and ensure timely completion and review of reconciliations, identifying and resolving issues proactively.
- Perform detailed analytical reviews and provide meaningful financial insights to support reporting outcomes and management decision-making.
- Lead the preparation of statutory accounts, coordinate year-end audit activity, and manage audit deliverables and stakeholder queries in a timely manner.
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts, supporting management, board, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Support the Group consolidation process through accurate and timely quarterly reporting submissions.
- Ensure robust documentation of finance processes, risks, and controls, supporting compliance with internal governance standards.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and system enhancements within the finance function, contributing to finance transformation initiatives and change projects.
- Provide day-to-day management, guidance and support to junior team members, including allocating and reviewing work and assisting with technical development where required. Support performance management activities, ensure deadlines are met, promote high standards of financial control and reporting, and foster a collaborative and accountable team environment.
- Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business to ensure accurate and efficient financial reporting.
You’re going to enjoy this job if you also:
- Have a proactive and solution-focused mindset with strong critical thinking skills.
- Are a motivated and dynamic individual who takes ownership and drives high standards of delivery.
- Embrace change, continuous improvement, and process optimisation.
- Enjoy working collaboratively while also being confident operating independently.
- Demonstrate a high degree of attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability.
- Are comfortable managing competing priorities, multiple deadlines, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment.
- Enjoy mentoring and supporting colleagues within a team environment.
What you’ll need
For this particular role there are some important qualifications and experience we need you to have. These include:
Essential
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accounting qualification).
- Strong understanding of financial accounting, reporting, and control environments.
- Experience managing month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations within a multi-entity environment.
- Experience preparing or reviewing statutory accounts and supporting external audits.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and communicate financial information effectively.
- Proficiency in financial software and ERP systems (including Microsoft Excel and accounting systems).
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience reviewing controls and identifying process improvement opportunities.
Desirable
- Understanding of the Lloyd’s Market and Service Companies.
- Experience working in a group environment or complex multi-entity structure.
- Experience using Oracle General Ledger.
- Experience supporting regulatory reporting requirements.
- Experience driving automation and finance process improvements to support accelerated reporting timetables.
- Previous experience mentoring or supervising junior finance team members.
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What Can You Expect From Us?
As well as a competitive base salary and performance related discretionary bonus, here is a link to our employee benefits - Benefits of working at MS Amlin | MS Amlin
Hybrid Working
At MS Amlin we operate a hybrid working model to empower our people with flexibility to blend where they work. We value collaboration and believe that we work better together, our teams typically do 3 days a week in the office.
About MS Amlin
MS Amlin is a leading (re)insurer and part of the global MS&AD Group, with operations across Lloyd’s of London, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. With over 120 years of experience, we support businesses facing complex and demanding risks, providing continuity in an uncertain world. Our expertise covers Property, Casualty, Marine, Crisis Management, Natural Resources and Reinsurance, backed by strong underwriting capabilities and deep sector knowledge. At the core of our claims service is TRUST - Transparency, Responsiveness, Understanding, Solution-driven thinking, and Technical expertise. This defines how we manage claims and build lasting relationships.
DE&I at MS Amlin
We will build a workplace where all talent is welcomed, and everyone has the opportunity to influence how the business works. We have dedicated employee resource groups that support our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) goals.
MS Amlin is proud to be one of the founding partners of Lloyd’s Inclusive Futures programme which aims to get more Black and ethnically diverse people into the insurance industry - supporting them all the way from the classroom to the boardroom. Visit this link (Inclusive Futures Impact Report) to find out more about the programme and its aims and achievements so far.
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