Location: Madrid, Spain Hybrid: Yes Compensation: €65k basic plus benefits Job type: Full-time permanent Our client, a renowned leader in the insurance industry, is seeking to hire an accountant to join their dynamic team.
This position sits within the Financial Operations team, with a key focus on managing and overseeing operational finance functions.
The role reports directly to the Senior Manager of Financial Operations.
Responsibilities: Take ownership of reconciliations, ensuring completion within established timelines, while diligently following up on any outstanding tasks.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, including reviewing and providing feedback on their outputs.
Actively contribute to system implementations, including assessing their impact, defining processes, and conducting user acceptance testing (UAT).
Drive process efficiencies and automation within the finance operations, actively seeking opportunities to enhance workflows and collaborating with the team to instigate continuous improvements across the finance function.
Collaborate with underwriters, operations, and project management teams to ensure that new products and distribution channels are seamlessly integrated into finance processes, ensuring scalability and control.
Assist in documenting end-to-end processes to support financial controls.
Support both internal and external audits on finance-related operational matters.
Work closely with the tax team and outsourced providers to ensure timely and accurate tax submissions, such as IPT.
Partner with the treasury team to enhance processes for payment processing, including establishing appropriate disbursement controls and forecasting significant receipts or payments.
Requirements: Prior experience in insurance accounting is strongly preferred.
Good technical knowledge of accounting Good MS Excel skills Good communication skills