Background

Charles Taylor is a leading global provider of professional services and technology solutions to the insurance industry.  We are a profitable, growing organisation that is highly regarded in the insurance industry, employing some of the industry’s ‘best in class’ professionals and technical experts.  Our services and solutions support every stage of the insurance lifecycle and every aspect of the insurance operating model, across all major commercial insurance lines as well as technical areas of personal insurance. We serve 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 is PE-backed, following a majority investment by Lovell Minnick Partners in January 2020, and has strong ambitions for organic and acquisition-led growth.

Our delivery of high quality, tailored services and solutions to our clients is backed by our core values of support, excellence in people, client partnership, quality of work, entrepreneurship and positive change.   We look for employees who exemplify these values to join us and help drive our growth.

For more information, please visit www.charlestaylor.com

The Role

We are seeking a permanent System Accountant to join our small Group Consolidations and Reporting team. This role has been created in response to increased workload in the consolidations area and will work alongside an experienced System Accountant, reporting directly to the Group Financial Controller. The successful candidate will be involved in a blend of business-as-usual month-end and year-end activities, as well as ad hoc reporting and systems projects. The role offers a balance of supporting and leading responsibilities, providing valuable exposure to group-level financial processes within a complex international organisation.  It is expected that the role will be largely remote, with a requirement to attend either the London or Portsmouth office, with an expectation of one day per week on average.

Key Responsibilities

Cognos Controller

• Perform monthly group consolidations in Cognos Controller.
• Manage the opening and closing of ledgers (Controller and base ledgers).
• Roll forward opening balances in Controller & Load monthly FX rates.
• Maintain and execute the month-end timetable.
• Post group-level journals (eliminations, offsetting, amortization of group intangibles).
• Monitor regional submissions and ensure timely completion.
• Review data quality and provide feedback to regional teams.
• Generate and distribute internal month-end reports from Controller.
• Supporting on Group year end audit
• Handle support tickets. Provide Level 2 user support and liaise with third-party IT providers for Level 3 support.
• Manage user access and support onboarding/offboarding (leavers and joiners).

ERP Systems (Infor Sun Systems or Similar)

• Ensure prior periods are locked and manage authorised re-openings.
• Extract and reconcile data from multiple base ledgers.

Excel Automation & Reporting (VBA)

• Develop and maintain VBA macros to automate reporting tasks.
• Design and populate Excel templates for recurring and ad hoc reports.
• Summarise and transform data for internal and external reporting needs.
• Proven experience with Cognos Controller in a complex group environment.
• Strong understanding of month-end close, consolidation, and intercompany processes.
• Experience with Infor Sun Systems, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar ERP platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA macro development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and coordination abilities across regional teams.

Required Skills

• Proven experience with Cognos Controller in a complex group environment.
• Strong understanding of month-end close, consolidation, and intercompany processes.
• Experience with Infor Sun Systems, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar ERP platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA macro development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and coordination abilities across regional teams.

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

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