Assistant Accountant

RSA is a multinational personal and commercial insurer operating across the UK, Ireland, continental Europe and the Middle East.

As one of the world's longest standing general insurers, we've learned a thing or two about risk the value of insurance to our customers. We combine our skills, knowledge and experience to deliver solutions for customers via direct channels, broker relationships and partner organisations.

We have significant businesses in the UK and Ireland where the RSA brand is joined by retail brands MORE THAN and 123.ie while RSA Luxembourg serves brokers and customers in Belgium, France, Spain and the Netherlands.
In the Middle East, RSA operates in Bahrain and the UAE, and in Oman and Saudi Arabia through the Al Ahlia and Al Alamiya brands.

RSA employs over 5,500 people and in 2021, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intact Financial Corporation (TSX:IFC), the largest general insurer in Canada and leading provider of global speciality insurance.

Job Description

This is a wide-ranging role supporting the RSA Motability (RSAM) finance team. Which will include completion of the RSAM balance sheet reconciliations as well as assisting in the production of significant elements of the P&L and Balance Sheet reporting process. You will also provide information and data to other members of the RSAM Finance team on a regular and ad-hoc basis to ensure that the financial performance is fully understood.

With a turnover of c.£500m RSAM (RSA Motability) is effectively a medium sized enterprise operating within a global insurance company. This means you will have the benefits of seeing the full end to end financial process and have great access to the actual business.

You will work with large volumes of data and complicated business models to provide the information that is required to ensure that the financial performance is fully understood. You will operate best in class operational effectiveness, process efficiency and consistent high standards of data accuracy against tight deadlines. You will have excellent spreadsheet skills and a passion and desire for learning new skills.

You will have Considerable stakeholder management skills to share insight and information in a clear and concise fashion.

Key Duties

• Completing RSAM balance sheet reconciliations both accurately and in a timely manner

• Supporting the RSAM finance team as well as liaising with the wider RSA finance team and other stakeholders

• Ensuring consistency, reliability and efficiency of information collection, validation and aggregation processes, across multiple internal and/or external sources

• Obtaining and manipulating large volumes of data and ensuring consistency and accuracy to aid the production of the relevant financial reporting requirements

• Assisting in the delivery of high quality outputs in the most effective ways whilst ensuring your personal and professional development

• Ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the UK financial statements and related systems to meet Internal and External Reporting requirements.

• Accurately accounting for P&L and balance sheet

• Managing internal finance and business stakeholders to ascertain and meet their requirements

• Ensuring consistency, reliability and efficiency of information collection, validation and aggregation processes, across multiple internal and/or external sources

• Contributing to a wide variety of projects as required

• Participating to raise standards and improve operational effectiveness and consistency through process, technology and/or people capability development

• Gathering, validating and compiling quantitative and qualitative information and data, from multiple internal and/or external sources to ensure accuracy and completeness

• Running and/or contributing to the development of financial models and analytical processes to meet business needs.

The Indvidual

• Enthusiastic part or newly qualified accountant looking for the next step in their career

• With a passion and desire to learn new skills and gain exposure to the full end to end financial process

• Proven ability to manage complex financial reporting procedures and consistently achieve accurate, on time delivery

• Balance sheet reconciliation experience preferable

• SAP experience preferable

About Us

A welcoming, diverse and inclusive culture is an important element for RSA in our best-in-class ambition. RSA thrives when everyone feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We have a diverse mix of customers and we want our employee base to reflect that. We celebrate difference, whilst striving to create an environment where colleagues feel respected and valued for their unique potential.

Our commitment to diversity is sincere, continually growing and led right from the top.

RSA takes pride in being accessible to all. We welcome applications regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, or social class. We encourage inclusive environments where our people can always give and show the very best of themselves and harness the power of our diversity.

If you require flexibility in when, where, or how you work, we'd love to hear from you. We also want to ensure that you are supported throughout the application process to enable you to be at your best. If you require adjustments during your application process, please flag this on your application form.

Our Values:

Integrity - Be honest, open and fair. Set high standards. Stand up for what is right.

Respect - Be kind. See diversity as a strength. Be inclusive and collaborate

Customer Driven - Listen to our customers. Make it easy, find solutions. Deliver second-to-none experiences.

Excellence - Act with discipline and drive to outperform. Embrace change, improve every day. Celebrate success yet remain humble.

Generosity - Help others. Protect the environment. Make our communities more resilient.