Job description

Job Title: Finance Assistant- 12 month contract

Location: UK-Portsmouth

Full time , £20,000 starting salary

Overview:

To support the Settlements and Reconciliations Team Leader by providing effective financial management information for internal and external distribution and completing key month end reporting, in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that daily fund levels in the claims bank accounts are maintained at sufficient levels flagging any issues to the Settlements and Reconcilations Team Leader.
• Ensure all insurer bordereaux and sub commission and insurer statement reporting and payments are completed and payments are made to the appropriate parties.
• updating the daybooks.
• Provide key monthly reporting to support the bordereaux and sub commission process, analysis and any other finance related work when required.
• Participate in system testing for upgrades to systems as and when required
• Completing insurer bank account reconciliations, liaising with the accounts department to resolve reconciling items.
• Ensure that deadlines are met and that work time is managed to a satisfactory extent.
• Maintain timely and appropriate communication with the line manager, staff (if applicable) and colleagues.
• Be prepared to assist other members of the department when necessary.
• Ensure all verbal and written communications to customers are made to departmental and company standards.

Qualifications:

Skills required

Essential:

• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Good team player with ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work to deadlines and manage own workload

Desireable:

• Reconciliations experience
• Experience of using SAGE
• Experience of finance within the Insurance industry