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

This is a 12-month contract role  in our Group Consolidations and Reporting team, established to support an increased temporary workload. The role is part of a small, experienced group finance team and offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with colleagues on an expected mix of recurring activities and ad hoc projects. The position involves a mix of supporting and leading tasks, providing valuable exposure to group-level financial processes in a complex international group.  It is expected the role be largely remote, with a requirement to attend either the London or Portsmouth office when required, with an expectation of one day per week on average.

Key Responsibilities

• There is expected to be significant support required to a major group level project from this role
• Provide bandwidth to improve the quality of reconciliation activity including a focus on reducing the number of reconciling items
• Collaborate closely with local teams to resolve unreconciled items in a timely manner and escalate critical issues.
• Support the month-end close process, including the preparation and review of financial review schedules.
• Month end balance sheet reviews across the business with contact with the local reporting accountants
• Participate in monthly calls with regional finance leads and prepare meeting minutes.
• Assist with the preparation of year–end financial statements and audit schedules and journal posting
• Support statutory audit requirements, including responding to audit requests and providing supporting evidence.
• Review prior year adjustments and ensure appropriate accounting treatment in current year end close.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Strong understanding of IFRS
• ACA/ACCA qualified accountant with at least 5 years PQE, with previous experience in a group consolidation and accounting role in an international business
• Experience with financial reconciliations and journal entries and a strong working knowledge of IFRS
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, sumifs and lookups,
• Able to analyse financial data and explain variances effectively and efficiently
• Comfortable working with large data sets and multiple ledgers
• Organised and able to work independently with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working with regional and cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of IFRS
• ACA/ACCA qualified accountant with at least 5 years PQE, with previous experience in a group consolidation and accounting role in an international business
• Experience with financial reconciliations and journal entries and a strong working knowledge of IFRS
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, sumifs and lookups,
• Able to analyse financial data and explain variances effectively and efficiently
• Comfortable working with large data sets and multiple ledgers
• Organised and able to work independently with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working with regional and cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines

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