Project Accountant - working across a large project/programme to implement IFRS17 with a multinational insurance company. Contract Position. Remote Working available

This role will be working alongside the Application of the Standard Product Owner to gain agreement on how the IFRS17 standard will be applied to the organisation. Investigating and preparing recommendations that will need to be approved by the CFO and validated by our external auditors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical interpretation of how IFRS17 will apply for both gross and reinsurance. Managing decisions made and ensuring that the other product owners have understanding about how this impacts their delivery.
• Manage audit schedule with external auditors. Sharing papers, running review sessions, collating and managing feedback and questions. Also providing appropriate challenge where necessary
• Support investigation of gross and reinsurance calculations, identifying gaps in data, assumptions, methodology is correct etc.
• Responsible for the creation of the transitional balance sheet, including shaping the approach, review the balances produced and preparing notes and disclosures.
• Spot dependencies with other products then share and mitigate those with the delivery team
• Consult with relevant stakeholders on decisions that require validation/additional knowledge
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to create a value driven product vision and roadmap

The successful candidate will have:

• Professional accountancy qualification i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• General insurance accountant
• Experience of IFRS17 or other regulatory accounting standards
• Experience liaising with third party consultancies such as EY and PwC