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About the Role
Lead key financial and regulatory reporting activities for Markel International, partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial, Compliance and the wider business to deliver high-quality reporting, strengthen controls and provide meaningful insight into business performance.
Responsibilities
- Support the production of the annual MIICL UK GAAP financial statements and quarterly board papers.
- Responsible for provision of information for the audit process ensuring reconciliations and samples are provided.
- Ensure the financial statements are signed off within the agreed timeline.
- Assist with quarterly US GAAP reporting and analysis for Markel International.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual Solvency UK SFCR for MIICL.
- Take ownership of the quarterly balance sheet reconciliation process for MIICL.
- Liaise and communicate effectively with other areas of business including Actuarial and Capital, Legal and Compliance, Internal Audit, US Corporate Finance and other members of the wider Finance team.
- Become familiar with Markel’s current and legacy systems and get involved on finance project work as and when required.
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent) with experience in non-life insurance sector is desirable.
- Detailed knowledge and experience of UK Financial, Regulatory and preferably Solvency UK reporting.
- Demonstrate exceptional analytical and data interrogation skills, with the ability to identify trends, anomalies and key insights from large and complex datasets.
- Have advanced Excel skills and experience working with large volumes of financial and regulatory data to produce accurate, high-quality reporting.
- Be highly data-driven, with a natural curiosity to understand the story behind the numbers and challenge outputs where appropriate.
- Have experience using reporting tools and technology solutions to improve efficiency, automation and reporting capability.
- Demonstrate excellent attention to detail, ensuring reporting outputs are accurate, complete and delivered to a consistently high standard.
- Be able to translate complex financial and regulatory information into clear, concise and meaningful commentary for senior stakeholders.
- Show a proactive mindset, continually seeking opportunities to improve processes, controls, data quality and reporting insights.
- Be comfortable handling multiple priorities and delivering high-quality work to demanding deadlines.
Skills
- UK GAAP financial statements
- Regulatory reporting
- US GAAP reporting
- Solvency UK SFCR
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Financial statement audit support
- Advanced Excel
- Data interrogation
- Reporting tools and technology solutions
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus
Benefits
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme
- Private medical and dental cover
- Life assurance
- Travel insurance cover
- Income protection
- Season ticket loan
- Countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career
About the Company
- Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
- We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
Equal Opportunity
- Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances.
- We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful.
- Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed.
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