Expense Accountant (9 month FTC)

Key Accountabilities & Role Requirements:

• Identify and resolve issues during reconciliation and journal preparation.
• Assist the expense team with month end processes including accruals, prepayments and journals. Ensure a strong control environment is maintained across Expenses and AP keeping all processes in line with audit guidelines.
• Manage accruals/prepayments and ensure expenses are recorded in the correct month
• Support payment runs and cash flow management activities and maintain strong vendor and stakeholder relationships including outsource provider

Skills & Competencies Required:

• Ability to resolve problems independently whilst paying attention to detail. Understand underlying finance structures and processes
• Insurance experience (Lloyd’s and company desirable)
• ERP/EPM systems (essential)
• Data reconciliation experience Adaptability and resilience – ability to work effectively under ambiguity and tight cutover timelines

Qualifications & Experience:

• Insurance accounting experience essential
• Oracle experience desirable
• Month End Experience essential
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in insurance accounting / planning / transformation role

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management. #wspi

Founded in 1848, Westfield is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, delivering superior risk insights and innovative solutions to customers through a diverse portfolio of insurance products. Westfield underwrites commercial, personal, surety, and specialty lines of coverage through a network of leading independent agents and brokers in the United States and specialty products through Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 1200. As a mutual insurance company with more than 3,000 employees, Westfield has revenues in excess of $4 billion and more than $10 billion in assets.

Westfield Specialty International Culture

Our culture is centred around three core values: Excellence, focused on high performance, agility and embracing change; Ambition, where inquisitiveness, challenge and a bold approach is encouraged; and Collaboration, delivering shared goals through collective expertise, diversity of thought and transparency. All three are underpinned by Reward & Recognition, where people are supported & respected, and success is celebrated.