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Finance Assistant- 12 month contract

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

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