**Operational Accounts Assistant- Hybrid- Portsmouth- Salary £26000 p.a.**

Background

Charles Taylor Assistance is a global provider of integrated medical and security assistance, claims handling, pre-travel advice, medical screening and travel risk management. With offices on the UK’s south coast and Mallorca, Spain, we manage over 50,000 assistance cases every year and have more than 50 years’ experience of supporting a blue-chip client base.

Having been established by two brothers back in 1973, Charles Taylor Assistance started life as CEGA, adopting its current name after being acquired by the Charles Taylor Group in 2016. Charles Taylor is a global provider of professional services and technology solutions dedicated to enabling the global insurance market to do its business fundamentally better. Dating back to 1884, Charles Taylor now is currently in more than 120 locations spread across 30 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Charles Taylor believes that it holds a distinctive position in its markets in that it is able to provide professional services and technology solutions in order to support every stage of the insurance lifecycle and every aspect of the insurance operating model. Charles Taylor serves a diversified blue-chip international customer base that includes national and international insurance companies, mutuals, captives, MGAs, Lloyd's syndicates and reinsurers, along with brokers, distributors and corporate insureds.

Charles Taylor has three distinct business areas – Claims Services, InsureTech and Insurance Management.

For more information, please visit www.charlestaylor.com

The Role

Working within the Operational Accounts team to ensure payments are made daily, purchase invoices are processed and paid in a timely manner, and that client bank accounts are reconciled on a regular basis. 

Key Responsibilities

• Managing daily /monthly task workflow.
• Make GBP and foreign payments and deal with any questions/compliance issues that arise.
• Carry out daily/weekly/monthly bank and float reconciliations and investigate anything that cannot be reconciled.
• Processing purchase invoices from our providers.
• Processing ad hoc sales invoices.
• Processing Dr and Nurses escort time sheets and expenses.
• Sending of sales invoices and payment remittances to our clients/providers.
• Complete monthly and other adhoc tasks.
• Dealing with internal and external queries via email or phone.
• Prepare and investigate weekly and monthly reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Values

Demonstrate and role model the Charles Taylor six Values

• Integrity
• Collaboration
• Care
• Agility
• Accountability

Requirements

Qualifications

GCSE Maths and English (Grades A-C) - Essential

Accountancy - Would be an advantage but not essential as company provides study support.

Skills

Computer knowledge to include Outlook, Work and Excel - Essential

Have strong written and verbal communication skills and a good telephone manner.

Experience

At least 1 years' experience in an accounting environment - Desirable

Characteristics

Excellent attention to detail, numerical, organised, integrity, flexible, and confidential.

Be able to work on own initiative as well as in a team.

Be able to work to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Why join Charles Taylor?

We are very proud of the fact that nine out of ten of our people recommend Charles Taylor as a place to work.  We pride ourselves on having a positive work environment where our people are empowered to make the best decisions and where learning is valued highly and shared across our business.

We are very committed to ensuring our people are given continuous learning and development. As well as structured induction programmes and job training, we provide study support for relevant professional qualifications and have a Core Learning & Development Curriculum.

Charles Taylor is a fun and inclusive place to work where people are truly valued and encouraged to enjoy a host of social and sporting activities available. Quiz nights, tennis tournaments, football matches and a range of other events take place throughout the year

Equal Opportunity Employer

Here at Charles Taylor we are proud to be an Inclusive Employer. We provide an environment of mutual respect with zero tolerance to discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

Our external partnerships and the dedicated work we do in promoting a transparent and fair recruitment and selection process all contribute to the successful, inclusive and diverse culture and environment which we are proud to be a part of at Charles Taylor.

Contact information

Ankur Chowdhury