Senior Financial Accountant

Senior Financial Accountant<br>Department: Finance<br>Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time<br>Location: UK - London<br>Reporting To: Richard Cothay<br>Description<br>We’re looking for a Senior Financial Accountant to play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, completeness and integrity of financial data across all CFC insurance-related activities. You’ll own and improve core technical accounting areas—making sure results are accurately captured, explained and reported to CFC and Group stakeholders<br>You will focus on preparing and reviewing CFC financial results in line with FRS 103 and applicable accounting standards, ensuring accurate mapping from CFC source systems to the general ledger.<br>About the role<br>Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:<br>Prepare and coordinate CFC MI reporting packs, ensuring timely delivery of accurate financial insights and operational drivers.<br>Produce and contribute to CFC and Group Board Packs, providing clear, concise financial summaries with supporting analytics.<br>Deliver high-quality variance analysis, commentary, and visual insights tailored to senior leadership, with specific focus on CFC portfolio performance and key movements.<br>Conduct deep-dive reviews into CFC technical balances, ratios, trends, and operational performance indicators to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and control issues.<br>Ensure reconciliation differences are investigated, resolved, and documented in line with control expectations, with clear ownership and root‑cause analysis for CFC processes and data flows.<br>Support ongoing enhancements to CFC finance processes, control frameworks, and documentation standards, including automation and standardisation of reconciliations and MI.<br>Work closely with the Service Company team and CFC Operations to ensure alignment and accuracy of CFC financial results, data inputs, and reporting timelines.<br>Partner regularly with CFC actuarial, claims, underwriting, and FP&A teams to validate assumptions, explain movements, and improve understanding of financial impacts.<br>Provide clear explanations of CFC financial movements to both finance and non‑finance stakeholders, translating technical accounting outcomes into business drivers.<br>Support internal and external audits (and ad hoc queries) with timely, accurate responses and high‑quality supporting documentation for CFC balances and processes.<br>About you<br>What are we looking for ?<br>Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with c. 3–5 years post‑qualification experience.<br>Strong technical accounting and financial reporting capability; insurance accounting experience and knowledge of FRS 103 is highly desirable.<br>Proven experience owning reconciliations, close processes, variance analysis and producing audit‑ready supporting documentation.<br>Confident stakeholder manager able to explain technical movements clearly to both finance and non‑finance colleagues.<br>Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and a continuous‑improvement mindset (process, controls, automation and standardisation).<br>#J-18808-Ljbffr Salary: GBP 60000 - 75000 per year Experience: 3 years required

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