Assistant Treasury Accountant - FTC

Amwins Global Risks

At Amwins Global Risks, we succeed together. We’re not ‘just another London broker’ placing risks and signing contracts. We’re forging relationships that are built to last. With over 700 employees around the world and a global footprint across more than 150 countries, we’ve cemented our place as a top 10 contributor to Lloyd’s.

Insurance is a relationship-based business, and achieving success means hiring the best talent in the industry. When you join us, we will encourage and support your professional and personal development as we invest in you and your learning to help you succeed and grow.

We believe in a flat organisational structure that prizes expertise and relationships equally. We’ve built a workplace where talent, collaboration and inclusivity are valued, and our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion helps cultivate an open, welcoming workplace where everyone who works with us can be themselves.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to learn all aspects within a financial environment and build a long standing and rewarding career within the insurance industry.  Responsible for supporting the Financial Reporting Manager in their day to day running of the Treasury, Regulatory and Statutory reporting functions. This will include helping to prepare documents in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio that can then be used to support decision making in the team each day. Every day will be varied with an opportunity to experience a busy account payable, treasury and financial reporting function. There will be an opportunity to interact will all team members to understand and learn what they do as part of our process and control documentation plans.

Committed to developing all our employees at AGR, we offer a mentoring and internal personal development programme. Our defined career pathways give you the opportunity to develop, build your experience and increase your salary. We’ll provide a combination of formal and on the job learning, as well as professional development. There are opportunities within our business for people with the right skills, behaviours and attitude to build their career and achieve their aspirations.

Listed below are some of the key daily/monthly tasks the role will be involved with.

Responsibilities

Prepare journals and help create monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Help prepare paperwork needed for investment and foreign exchange transactions

Support the invoice raising and cashbook completion process each day

Prepare bi-weekly cashflow forecast

Run ad-hoc reports in Power-BI for the management team including helping prepare PowerPoint presentations.

Help prepare annual financial statements for some subsidiary entities

Documenting controls in MS Visio to help the reporting manager with process improvements as part of the overall audit process

Be part of a team who periodically produce reports to meet business demands

Any other ad-hoc accounting requests from management to support timely and high-quality financial reporting.

Knowledge/Skills/Qualifications

GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade 5 or above (or equivalent).  

Ability to analyse and identify key information.  

Ability to problem solve using knowledge of policies and procedures.  

Effective communication skills.  

Decision making.  

Problem solving.  

Able to work under guidance rather than close supervision.  

Please note this is a 12 month FTC