Senior Financial Accountant – FTC

QBE Insurance

Senior Financial Accountant managing accounting tasks and ensuring IFRS compliance. Collaborating with senior leaders to drive efficient financial operations and reporting standards.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead core accounting tasks, oversee billing and collections, and ensure compliance with IFRS.
Provide guidance and oversight to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment across financial operations.
Drive efficient processes and strong reporting standards.
Review and preparation of financial, statutory or regulatory reports.
Perform budgeting and forecasting activities.
Perform financial analysis of management and statutory reports.
Collaborate with Business Unit Senior Leaders in the forecasting and annual budget process.
Ensure consistency and effective suite of reports provided to business enabling management to monitor business profitability.
Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met.
Manage the preparation and maintenance of accurate accounting records following internal procedures and statutory requirements to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, codes of conduct and best practice guidelines.
Provide high-level advice, guidance and information on financial matters to support decision-making and improve understanding of financial management.
Manage the production of accurate financial returns required by internal and external bodies and regulators to meet reporting deadlines.
Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including internal and external auditors, to ensure service delivery meets customer expectations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Tertiary qualifications or a strong mix of education and work experience, along with certifications as an accountant.
Experience in financial analysis, budget management, and offering valuable insights to guide expenditure decisions is essential.
Call centre experience in insurance, banking, and/or financial services industry including audit with billing responsibilities.
Managing relationships with internal and external business stakeholders at a senior level.
Increasing level of responsibility in call centre environment.
Experience in BPO industry with shifting schedules.
Understanding of project lifecycle and process methodologies.
Identifying opportunities for systems changes and innovation.
Policy administration experience.
Project and change management experience.
People management capabilities.
Commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
Working with 3rd party strategic partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks

30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysisbudget managementforecastingbillingaccountingIFRS compliancereport preparationstatutory reportingfinancial reportingpolicy administration

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationpeople managementnegotiationleadershipcollaborationdecision-makingorganizational skillsrelationship managementcommercial awareness

Certifications

accounting certification