Financial Accountant

Collinson

Financial Accountant managing financial operations in the Insurance finance team at Collinson. Supporting management accounts, audits, and financial reporting in a high-performing environment.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeHaywards Heath • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the Overheads Finance Manager and Assistant Financial Accountants within the team to establish and maintain high quality and timely management accounts
Day to day team management including objective setting and regular one to one reviews.
Help develop and motivate staff by providing them with clear direction to achieve their goals
Review of period related P&L trend analysis and analytical reviews for their entity/entities to ensure Group and the business have a good insight into key movements and the financial performance of each entity, highlighting any exceptions to management
Maintain the period related balance sheet reconciliation process, ensuring that all aged items are managed and cleared in a timely manner, working with other parts of the business as necessary
Maintain a period related balance sheet reconciliation schedule for each entity detailing the balances with supporting evidence, to be reviewed at quarterly BSR meetings (Balance Sheet Review) with the Overheads Finance Manager and Financial Controller
Ownership of the inter-company position of all entities under remit, ensuring this is reconciled monthly to agree with the other group entities
To work with the Commercial Finance Business Partners to ensure all accruals, prepayments and ad hoc journals are processed with a high level of accuracy and understanding for reporting within the management accounts and provide support on the variance to budget analysis
Collaborate with lines of business (Travel, Health and Multilines) around scheme specific arrangements (compensation funds, technology funds) and expected revenue and reflect updates in the management reporting.
Support the Finance Operations team to ensure all transactions processed are accurate and complete and recorded in a timely manner
Support the Overheads Finance Manager on all audits (including but not limited to, internal, 3rd party or year-end), reviewing the year end Group Statutory packs with supporting evidence for balances as required as well as assist with managing audit requests ensuring the evidence for audit samples is sufficient to support the sample requests and performing the walkthroughs with explanations for postings and processes
Manage the completion of VAT, Corporation Tax, CASS and any 3rd party reporting as required
Preparation of periodic Board packs and other senior level reporting
Manage the delivery of the cashflow forecast for their entity/entities
Assist with continuous improvements, supporting UAT as required
Ensure robust controls are in place and look to enhance where possible
Keeping abreast of accounting developments to ensure that the impact of changes are understood
Ensuring all process documents are regularly reviewed and updated
Strive to deliver process improvements, delivering ‘best’ in class processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or Equivalent) or qualified by experience
Good knowledge of SAP preferable
High personal levels of motivation and delivery orientated focus
Able to work well under pressure
A proactive, forward-looking and challenging mindset
Detail focused with strong organisation and planning skills
Ability to interact with and develop working relationships internally and externally to achieve best outcomes for the business and customer
Experience of leading high performing teams
Ability to encourage, train and develop the Assistant Financial Accountants
Knowledge and experience of best practice within industry to consistently improve delivery within department

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

P&L trend analysisbalance sheet reconciliationVAT reportingCorporation Tax reportingCASS reportingcashflow forecastingmanagement accounts preparationvariance analysisaudit supportfinancial performance analysis

Soft Skills

team managementmotivationobjective settingcommunicationorganizational skillsplanning skillsrelationship buildingleadershipproactive mindsetdetail-oriented

Certifications

ACCACIMAACAQualified Accountant