Accountant II

About the Role

Your job will include:

• Responsible for complete, accurate & timely production and reporting of numbers under IFRS environment with checks and controls designed to assess Cashflows.
• Responsible for assessing the reasonability and completeness of Delta results (Discount, Risk Adjustment, CSM etc.) under IFRS environment.
• Preparation of Manual adjustment entries
• under IFRS and USGAAP, STAT and Branch.
•  Responsible for complete and accurate production of Late adjustment data to the various databases to meet the needs of Regional Finance and other regions for financial Group and Carrier non-life reporting and Divisional FP&A units.
• Responsible for delivery of non-life reporting requirements to Carrier responsible, compliant with local statutory GAAP.
• Review of quarterly reconciliations (IFRS, USGAAP, Statutory GAAP and Branch)
• Act as contact for any analytical inquiries throughout valuations against different stakeholders including internal and external audit
• Provide guidance on operational implementation of external large transactions (e.g., business shifts) and ensure quality control of work and business continuity.
• Ensure that the necessary systems/ tools & data are available to support the deliverables and maintain control environment by performing checks, investigating, and cleaning up data
• Ad hoc support in providing expert reports and analysis to our key stakeholders
• Bring in Synergies by in depth understanding of concepts under IFRS and USGAAP.

About the Team

Reinsurance Finance division provides accounting and reporting services for Property and Casualty (P&C) segments. The Accounting and reporting production team coordinates and prepares the non-life quarterly financial closings for Reinsurance inward business on IFRS, USGAAP and Statutory reporting submission to the Group. The Reinsurance Group Finance Division is responsible for the close process. Group Finance Division is responsible for technical P&L and Balance Sheet accounts in IFRS and all economic valuations (EVM, SST, SII). Analysis of the movements, aggregation of accounting technical & business analysis and explanation to internal clients / stakeholders.

About you:

• Qualified Accountant with minimum of 4+ years' experience.
• Semi Qualified Accountant with minimum of 5+ years' experience in a role relevant to Accounting or Financial Reporting, with good understanding of Financial Statements.
• US-GAAP and/or IFRS trained accountant (working experience in Re-insurance /Insurance would be an added advantage).
• Experience in working in a large multi-national environment.
• Ability to understand and adapt fast to complex workflows and systems
• Ability to set priorities and keep set deadlines by collaborating with team and stakeholders
• Analytical skills with the ability to deliver quality output with short deadlines and managing controls by ensuring the macro leveldetails are addressed
• Team player, good communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate personal accountability and dedication for area of responsibility
• Diploma in IFRS would be an advantage.

Key competencies

PLANNING AND ORGANISING Ability to plan day-to-day work schedule and objectives, deals with any issues/conflicts arising andworks with others to plan, organize, and achieve goals.

TEAM ORIENTATION The ability to collaborate with others and contribute as part of a high-performance team, as opposed toworking independently or competitively, to achieve a common goal.

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT Can identify ways of developing self and communicates these with colleagues. Recognizes whencolleagues have issues, which they can help with.

ANALYTICAL Solves business problems using own initiative, within parameters of own role.

FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS ACUMEN Understands the underlying economics of the industry and the business to ensure the bestfinancial interests of both are maximized.

KNOWLEDGE SHARING Ability and willingness to obtain, use and share information, ideas, and knowledge with others across theorganization and clients as appropriate to maximize business effectiveness