Assistant Accountant

Primary Details

Assistant Accountant

Stafford

Permanent (Hybrid)

The Opportunity

QBE Europe is currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join a well-established and successful finance team in our Stafford office. In this position you will be accountable for processing, analysis and reporting of financial transactions and information. Assisting with general accounting, and preparing various management reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis ensuring accuracy and consistency of underlying data.

Your new role

Policy, Process and Procedures

• Ensure that all processes conducted are documented in a standard format and that this is maintained in an accessible fashion.

• Ensure training and knowledge is up to date. This includes but is not limited to mainframe applications and general insurance accounting.

• All documentation up to date

• Compliance requirements and individual accreditation levels are maintained.

Environmental Awareness/Customer Focus

• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external, including external auditors, to ensure service delivery meets customer expectations.

• Cordial and productive business relationship with peer group.

Technical Performance

• Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of accurate accounting records in accordance with internal procedures and statutory requirements to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, codes of conduct and best practice guidelines.

• Undertake month end activities such as reconciliation of key control accounts and analysis of accounts to ensure correct procedures are followed.

• Ensure internal reporting deadlines are fully met.

• Any ad-hoc investigation/project work successfully completed on time.

About you

• Be a part-qualified accountant (for example ACA, ACCA or CIMA)?or equivalent or have relevant years of working experience.

• Have an good understanding of best-practice accounting (in an insurance environment preferred,?although strong candidates from other industries will be considered)

• Have good working knowledge of relevant accounting software and tools.

• Attention to detail.

• Effective time management skills with the ability to manage priorities to meet strict deadlines.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Teamwork – able to collaborate and work flexibly with others.

• Microsoft Office applications, in particular Microsoft Excel

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA - because we know it’s not just what we do that matters, it’s how we do it that makes the difference.  In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.

At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).

#LI-Hybrid

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include; 

5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada

Employer of the Year 2022Winner – Insurance Insider

British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award 

Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year 

Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response  

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year 

We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.

We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers. 

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future.  Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report (Link).