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About the Role

As a Financial Accountant, you will support the delivery of accurate, timely, and controlled external financial reporting across legal entities and the consolidated group. You will own key aspects of the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting cycle, including statutory financial statements, group reporting, and ledger governance. You will share technical accounting expertise, ensure compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements, and drive continuous improvement of financial reporting processes, controls, and automation.

Responsibilities

Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with agreed monthly, quarterly and annual close timetables.
Manage and maintain effective consolidation processes and associated controls, ensuring consistency, accuracy and compliance across all reporting activities.
Own the accounting and financial reporting activities for allocated Ki legal entities, including oversight of general ledger integrity, income and expense recognition, balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany balances.
Prepare statutory financial statements for individual entities and consolidated group reporting, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with Finance teams including FP&A, Financial Operations, External Reporting and Group stakeholders to support reporting requirements and business objectives.
Partner with wider business functions including Actuarial and Risk to ensure accurate financial information and support the preparation of management and board reporting where required.
Provide technical accounting guidance and support across the business, maintaining knowledge of relevant accounting and regulatory developments.
Act as a key contact for external auditors, preparing supporting schedules, reconciliations and documentation to facilitate efficient audit delivery.
Build effective relationships with third-party administrators and internal stakeholders to ensure the timely and accurate receipt of financial information.
Identify opportunities to improve, streamline and automate reporting processes, controls and financial data management activities.
Maintain and enhance procedural documentation for areas of responsibility to support a strong controls environment and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA or equivalent).
Strong technical accounting knowledge with practical experience of applying IFRS and UK GAAP reporting requirements.
Knowledge of IFRS 17 and insurance accounting principles would be advantageous.
Understanding of regulatory reporting frameworks, including Solvency II and financial reporting controls.
Knowledge of commercial insurance industry practices, products and reporting requirements.
Experience working with financial reporting and ledger systems, preferably including Great Plains, Power Pivot and Power Query.
Advanced Excel and financial data analysis skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
Ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate insights clearly to a range of stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively to meet deadlines.
Effective written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
Collaborative approach and ability to build productive working relationships across functions.
Demonstrates adaptability, sound judgement, commercial awareness, a continuous improvement mindset and commitment to high-quality delivery.

Skills

IFRS
UK GAAP
IFRS 17
Solvency II
Great Plains
Power Pivot
Power Query
Excel
Financial data analysis
Analytical skills
Problem-solving skills
Attention to detail
Communication skills
Organisational skills
Adaptability
Judgement
Commercial awareness
Continuous improvement

Education Level

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA or equivalent)

Benefits

Highly competitive remuneration and benefits package
Package is kept under constant review to ensure it stays relevant
Acknowledgement and reward for extraordinary effort by teams or individuals

About the Company

Ki insures items such as space shuttles, world tours, wind farms, and footballers’ legs.
Ki’s mission is to digitally disrupt and revolutionise a 335-year-old market.
Ki has created a platform that uses algorithms, machine learning and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days.
Ki is proudly the biggest global algorithmic insurance carrier.
It is the fastest growing syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market, and the first ever to make $100m in profit in 3 years.
Ki’s teams have varied backgrounds and work together in an agile, cross-functional way to build the very best experience for its customers.
Ki has big ambitions but needs more excellent minds to challenge the status-quo and help it reach new horizons.