Financial Accountant, Finance Operations

Financial Accountant

We're pleased to offer an exciting 12-month fixed term contract opportunity for a part-qualified accountant to further develop their career within a supportive and committed global insurance organisation.

As part of our continued growth in the Leeds office, we are looking for a Financial Accountant to join our Finance Operations team. This team plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity of financial results and maintaining strong control over the balance sheet to minimise risk.

In this role, you will take ownership of key accounting processes and financial close activities, ensuring accuracy and consistency of financial data. You'll collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to manage expectations and drive process excellence.

At QBE, we're passionate about supporting your professional growth. During this 12-month opportunity, you'll gain valuable experience, broaden your skillset, and contribute meaningfully to our finance operations—all within a culture that values development and continuous improvement.

Your New Role:

• Detailed understanding of the finance close process and timelines.
• Contribute to the development of team's business plan in order to maximize productivity and performance
• Participate in meetings, as required, in order to share and develop strategy, knowledge and best practice.
• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met.
• Contribute and manage the refinement of process, procedures, and systems to continuously improve the efficiency of accounting activities.
• Provide high level advice, guidance and information on financial matters to support decision making and improve understanding on financial management.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including internal and external auditors, to ensure service delivery meets customer expectations

About You:

Given the fast pace and cyclical demand, it's important that you already have an understanding of the workings of a finance department and be driven to succeed.

In order to thrive in the role of a Financial Accountant here at QBE, we would expect you to have working experience in most of the following areas:

• Be a part-qualified accountant (for example ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or equivalent or have relevant years of working experience
• Have an in depth 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
• Can demonstrate experience of structured process improvement in an accounting environment
• Be confident building controls into processes
• Good attention to detail

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.

We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

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.

With more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

At My Best - QBE Benefits

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension - you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

To find out more visit our Reward Page

QBE Awards

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
• UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
• Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

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 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. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

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

What Next?

If you have a passion to contribute to QBE's vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the "apply" button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen!

Skills: Analytical Thinking, Communication, Cost Management, Critical Thinking, Economic Forecasting, Financial Accounting, Financial Data Reporting, Financial Products, Intentional Collaboration, Managing Performance, Prioritization, Problem Solving, Research Analysis, Risk Management, Team Management

Application Close Date: 26/08/202