financial reporting accountant

Job Title: Financial Reporting Accountant
Target Start Date: 01/08/2022
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, Home working
Salary Range: GBP 31,200.00 - 36,000.00
Location: Eastleigh

Financial Reporting Accountant: The key objective of this role within the resource pool of the FR&C team is to prepare and deliver accurate and timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders to support the month end, quarter end and annual reporting processes, and to ensure that tax is calculated correctly and paid within the strict deadlines. Stakeholders include the wider Finance team, senior Finance management, the UK business, the Audit Committee, the Board, HMRC, the PRA and the FCA.

Main Responsibilities as Financial Reporting Accountant:
* Delivery of accurate and relevant financial and technical IFRS reporting to the Audit Committee and the UK Board each quarter.

* Meeting internal and external tax compliance requirements across all types of business taxes (excluding payroll taxes).

* Completion of solvency (SII) reporting to Ageas Group and the PRA on a quarterly basis, and other regular external regulatory reporting to trade organisations.

* Preparing statutory financial statements for all UK entities.

* Supporting the external auditors throughout the year as they carry out their audits and reviews, providing information to them and responding to their queries.

* Preparing monthly management accounts in an accurate and timely manner, including preparing associated calculations, posting accurate and valid journals, applying accounting standards, performing monthly reconciliations of balance sheet control accounts, reviewing the final output and presenting it to senior management.

* Maintaining a financial/management reporting environment which facilitates accurate and timely reporting, underpinned by a robust control framework with efficient processes and good governance. Identifying opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies across all areas of the FR&C team.

* Assisting the Technical Accounting Manager, Chief Accounting Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, as required, and supporting the wider Finance team and the business with ad hoc queries, projects and business transactions.

Skills and experience you need as Financial Reporting Accountant:
* Knowledge of IFRS and Solvency II an advantage

* Knowledge of VAT and/or Corporation Tax would be desirable

* Qualified or strong part qualified accountant

* Competant in Excel

* Excellent attention to detail, and a core value set that is focused on delivering high quality outputs

* Excellent numerical skills and the ability to understand, evaluate and interpret financial data, identifying and - looking to resolve apparent inconsistencies

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Financial Reporting Accountant role based in Eastleigh:

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

• Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
• Supporting your Health - Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Yoga, Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth - Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover
• Getting Around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Get some Tech - Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

About Ageas:
We're one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria).
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we're always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we're open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.