Interim Senior Financial Accountant

Interim Senior Financial Accountant

Location: Hybrid / Office 12 month ASAP Start

About the Role

This specialist insurer are recruiting for a an interim Senior Financial Accountant to support the financial integration of an insurance company merger. This role combines high-level technical accounting expertise with hands-on consolidation delivery, You'll be working on combination accounting, group consolidation, and merger integration planning under UK GAAP (FRS 102/FRS 103) and Solvency-UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical accounting for the merger including business combination accounting, acquisition accounting, goodwill, fair value adjustments, and consolidation treatment under FRS 102/FRS 103
• Consolidate multiple trial balances into group financial model, performing intercompany eliminations and accounting policy adjustments
• Prepare technical accounting memos for auditors and governance committees
• Build or enhance consolidation models and produce group management accounts and statutory-ready financial statements
• Hands-on delivery: clean trial balances, resolve reconciliation issues, and support audit evidence gathering
• Support merger integration planning and financial governance design

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with direct insurance experience
• Strong experience in in financial statement preparation, combinations, and multi-entity consolidations within the insurance sector
• Deep knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102) and FRS 103 (Insurance Contracts)
• Proven track record delivering group consolidations under time pressure
• Advanced Excel skills for consolidation models and complex workings
• Ability to operate at both strategic/advisory and hands-on/execution levels
• Strong communicator able to explain technical accounting to non-specialists
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused

What's On Offer

An exciting interim role for a developing insurer with direct exposure to senior leadership, external auditors, and complex technical accounting challenges. Opportunity to be involved in an exciting finance project in a complex insurance group

Our client is committed to diversity in all of its forms and operates an inclusive recruitment process and has a hybrid office working environment.