Assistant Accountant

Job Description

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee The opportunityWe are excited to announce that due to internal advancement we are recruiting an Assistant Accountant to join our Balance Sheet and Control team within the Financial Operations department. This is a great opportunity for someone who has recently graduated andis looking to launch their career within the world of finance. Your new roleAs an Assistant Accountant, you will play a key role in accounting, balance sheet and control activities, supporting the team in ensuring the accuracy and consistency of underlying data and liaising with internal stakeholders to manage expectations and ensurecontinued process excellence. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the team in a broad range of operational accounting activities, including posting of journals, preparing balance sheet reconciliations and analysing data
• Investigating unreconciled items to identify issues within data sets and look to resolve or escalate these issues
• Challenging existing processes and identifying improvements and enhancements
• Building relationships with internal stakeholders, including colleagues in our offshore shared service centre, to ensure delivery meets stakeholder expectation
• Gaining an understanding of the internal control environment and identifying and escalating risk areas

About you

• A university graduate, keen to progress a career within finance and study towards a professional accounting qualification (funded by QBE)
• A proactive individual that will seek out areas to support the wider Finance team
• Attention to detail and keen to suggest improvements and challenge the status quo to benefit the department
• Able to demonstrate and build strong skills in Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook
• Organised and able to manage time effectively

What youll get in return

• A competitive salary + bonus
• 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Generous pension contribution
• Hybrid working (with the aim of 2 days office-based per week)
• Flexible working (with opportunities to flex hours)
• Internal secondment opportunities and a focus on personal development
• Opportunities to travel to London for cross-team collaboration
• Working with an international team (with key stakeholders in Australia, Philippines, USA, as well as across Europe and the rest of the world)

Why QBE At My Best At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, thats why we have created At My Best". Its our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesnt fit all and that priorities can changedepending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Its in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBEDNA - because we know its not just what we do that matters, its how we do it that makes the difference. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverseworkforce. At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of todays workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attractand retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/). Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include; 5-star Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) awards, 2023 Winner - Insurance Business Canada Employer of the Year 2022Winner - Insurance Insider British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Womens Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent Inclusion of DiversityWe are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We know that diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our customers. ESG & SustainabilityAt QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainableand resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBEs sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winningimpact investment initiative s4Good, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report ( Link ). About QBEWe can never really predict whats around the corner, but at QBE were asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. Were an international insurer thats building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. And our people will be at the centre of our success. Were proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 11,000 people working across 27 countries, were big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate an