Strategic Accountant - Engineering
Role summary
HSB (UK and Ireland) is seeking a Strategic Accountant to assist in preparing and reporting high-quality financial information. This role involves undertaking key financial processes, driving continuous improvement and automation, and enhancing the control environment. Key responsibilities include contributing to quarter-end close, managing balance sheets, handling tax calculations and returns, preparing statutory accounts, and providing financial support to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with strong analytical and MS Excel skills, Solvency II expertise, and a self-motivated, organized approach. Experience in the insurance or engineering industry is desirable. Potential for team management exists.
HSB (UK and Ireland) , is a leading specialist provider of engineering, technology and structural warranty insurance solutions, plant and equipment inspection services, and engineering-based risk management activities in the UK and Ireland.
HSB (UK and Ireland) consists of the parent company HSB Engineering Insurance Limited (HSBEIL) together with its two UK subsidiaries, HSB Engineering Inspection Services Limited (HSBEISL); and a regulated MGA, MD Insurance Services Limited (MDIS), which trades as Premier Guarantee or LABC Warranty.
Collectively HSB is the UK and Ireland’s only group of companies solely focused on providing specialist engineering and technology insurance solutions and risk focused inspection services and assessments to its customers.
Your Role
As Accountant your role is to assist in the preparation and reporting of high-quality financial information, including undertaking and being accountable for various key financial processes.
Additionally, you will support and drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, in addition to enhancing the control environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Potential management of a small team. To lead, develop and mentor.
- Contribution to the quarter close process in line with company policies and timetables.
- Create and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.
- Ownership of key quarter end deliverables, for example a subset of the tasks below depending on the team:
- Quarterly reporting to MunichRe (incl. IFRS17)
- Oversight of balance sheets, ensuring understanding and control of balances
- Tax balances, including calculating and posting of corporation tax estimates, and completion of Insurance Premium Tax and VAT returns
- Annual statutory accounts
- Provide Financial support and respond to ad-hoc requests fromkey stakeholders across the HSB and MunichRe group.
- Represent finance on various current and future projects relating to both the team and wider business.
- Adhering to robust and compliant accounting processes to ensure accurate reporting of both the P&L and Balance sheet.
- Commitment to personal development in order to meet both current and future requirements of the business.
Your Profile
Essential
Key Skills and Experience
- Self-motivated.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills
- Identification and drive of continuous improvement activities.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent MS Excel knowledge (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables etc).
- Proven solency II expertise
Desirable
- Experience of working within the Insurance and / or Engineering industry
Qualifications and Educational Requirements:
- Qualified Accountant (passed finalist) – CIMA. ACA, ACCA
Personal Attributes:
- High standard of organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise.
- Highly self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to build cross function relationships.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At HSB, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.
All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.