Financial Accountant and Treasury Specialist page is loaded## Financial Accountant and Treasury Specialistlocations: Ipswichtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: JR130**Role:**As a Financial Accountant within Willis Re's Financial Control team, you will support a wide scope of financial accounting activities across a number of regulated legal entities in multiple geographies.Core accounting activities will include involvement in the month end close processes, such as preparing journals and reconciliations in our Workday general ledger system and assisting in the preparation of the monthly financial reports. This will extend to assisting in statutory accounts preparation and supporting audit activities.In addition, this role will have responsibility over certain Treasury and client funds flows. Specifically the daily client and reinsurer premium payments, receipting and reconciliations. This role will also ensure appropriate funding balances are in place between corporate accounts across entities and currencies. Work with partners in WTW Treasury to liaise with banks on banking matters.As a start-up business we have the opportunity to ensure we design efficient processes using the latest technologies. As a result, you will be heavily involved in ongoing optimisation and automation activities – including the active project to maximise the automation of the client funds payment and receipting processAs the finance team is small (but growing), there will be opportunities to be involved across the full breadth of finance activities and various projects throughout the year.**Key Responsibilities:*** Support the financial close process through posting of journals, performing reconciliations, assisting in the preparation of financial reports.* Reviewing of reinsurance contracts to assess revenue recognition for broking placements* Assist in the annual statutory accounts preparation process including assisting in supporting the audit process* Performing the daily fiduciary (i.e. client premium) cashiering processes, recording of receipts, scheduling payments and completion of daily reconciliations* Manage the liquidity balances across corporate bank accounts, and assist in developing and running cash flow forecasting* Involvement in ad-hoc projects including geographical expansion, the automation of cashiering activities and adaptive planning**Requirements:*** Qualified accountant.* Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices.* Good working knowledge of Excel and finance systems.* Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving.* Ability to manage your own workload and meet deadlines.* Clear communication skills and a collaborative working style.**About Willis Re**We combine specialist broking with analytics, modeling and research to help insurers optimize risk transfer, strengthen balance sheets and achieve sustainable growth. Our approach is relationship-driven, transparent and outcome-focused. At the heart of Willis Re is a focus on delivering the most cutting-edge analytical solutions to enable more informed, better decision-making for risk selection, portfolio optimization, and capital management. The launch of Willis Re brings a strategic advantage of being unhindered by legacy, an ability to leverage data, statistical models and advanced technologies with the best knowledge and expertise to deliver more efficient and effective reinsurance outcomes. This places Willis Re in a unique position to build a truly analytically driven business, focused on creating solutions for the reinsurance industry that are future led and forward thinking. Willis Re will also leverage recognized technical expertise from WTW's Insurance Consulting & Technology business including their advanced modeling and analytical capabilities. Alongside this will be WTW's Research Network, an award-winning business supporting and influencing science to improve the understanding and quantification of risk.Willis Re is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at talentacquisition@willisre.com#J-18808-Ljbffr