Marks Sattin are working with a growing Insurance business in Birmingham who have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Investment and Treasury Accountant.

The successful candidate will ensure accurate and timely investment data for production of various reporting deliverables as well as other responsibilities that would include supporting treasury management related activities and ad-hoc projects led by corporate finance team.

• Own and manage investment monthly and quarterly close process and resolving technical accounting issues to ensure all reporting deliverables and external and internal deadlines are met and investment assets;
• Ensure accounting journals prepared/posted are accurate and properly documented in line with group policies and data is well maintained between reporting cycles;
• Identify potential improvements in investment reporting
• Assist reporting teams on queries in regards to investment reporting data
• Support daily cash flow forecasting process and lead analysis to provide solutions to optimise account and liquidity structures whilst considering timing and flow of premium receipts, claims due and expense funding;
• Process external payments (expenses; dividends; debt interest etc) and intra-group cash transfers /inter-company settlements as requested and record transactions accurately in the general ledger;
• Requirements:

• CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified with a minimum of 1 years post qualification experience
• Previous experience in financial services
• Strong financial analytical skills is highly desirable
• Technical and Commercial acumen
• Proactively drive a continuous improvement "can-do" attitude, particularly looking to challenge the status quo, and help find new more efficient ways of doing things
• Self-starter, comfortable working in a high-paced environment and creating new ways of working