Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Division: Finance

Reports To: Head of North America External Reporting

Key Relationships: US Controller

Job Summary: The Senior Financial Analyst role represents a key function in the US Finance team. The primary responsibilities of the position will be leading Corporate Accounting, including financial analysis, research, and technical expertise. This position will also service a point person in working with the team to identify key areas where we can employ automation and tools and in implementing these solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review and analysis of corporate accounting responsibilities, including GAAP consolidation and cost-plus arrangements

• Coordination with shared functions including investments and expenses to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information

• Prepare statutory financial exhibits related to corporate accounting responsibilities

• Champion process optimization within the finance function, leveraging technology and best practices to streamline operations and reduce manual effort

• Own initiatives to analyze, prioritize and implement improvements in financial reporting and close processes, including automation and system enhancements

• Complete controls over corporate accounting to ensure effectiveness, assessing and updating on an as needed basis

• Other ad hoc projects and tasks, as required

Personal Specification:

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting

• 4- 5 Years' Minimum Accounting experience, preferably in the property-casualty insurance industry

• Public accounting and/or Corporate Accounting experience preferable

• Process improvement and automation experience required

• Advanced Excel, Power BI and Alteryx experience a plus

Skills and Abilities

• Solid financial analysis skills

• Excellent time management/ prioritization skills

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and suggest solutions

• Navigate ambiguity to deliver results

Knowledge and Experience

• Solid knowledge of accounting concepts/theories (GAAP & NAIC statutory)

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook)

• General Ledger experience

Aptitude and Disposition

• A self-starter with a high energy level and with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the company

• Proactive

• Flexible

• Positive

Competencies

• Detail Oriented

• Analytical Thinking

• Emphasis on Quality

• Teamwork

• Communications

Who We Are:

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years' experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build - to enable businesses to thrive. Our clients want to live and work freely and fully, knowing they are benefitting from the most advanced thinking in the insurance market. Our goal is to become the highest performing sustainable specialist insurer.

Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions and contingency; covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

Our Culture

We have a wonderful mix of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds at Beazley with over 2,000 of us working around the world. Employee's diversity, experience and passion allow us to keep innovating and moving forward, delivering the best. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought and personal accountability. Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people and customers.

• Be bold
• Strive for better
• Do the right thing

Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organization in touch with the changing world around us - our ambitious inclusion & diversity and sustainability targets are testament to this.

We are a flexible and innovative employer offering a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive working environment. We actively encourage and expect applications from all backgrounds. Our commitment to fostering a supportive and dynamic workplace ensures that every employee can thrive and contribute to our collective success.

Explore a variety of networks to assist with professional and/or personal development. Our Employee Networks include:

• Beazley RACE - Including, understanding and celebrating People of Colour
• Beazley SHE - Successful, High potential, Empowered women in insurance
• Beazley Proud - Our global LGBTQ+ community
• Beazley Wellbeing - Supporting employees with their mental wellbeing
• Beazley Families - Supporting families and parents-to-be

We encourage internal career progression at Beazley, giving you all the tools you need to drive your own career here, such as:

• Internal Pathways (helping you grow into an underwriting role)
• iLearn (our own learning & development platform)
• LinkedIn Learning
• Mentorship program
• External qualification sponsorship
• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement
• Secondment assignments

The Rewards

• The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization
• Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus
• Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
• 22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs
• Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup
• Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance
• Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice
• Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams

Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual's location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $105,000-$117,000 per year plus discretionary annual bonus.

Don't meet all the requirements? At Beazley we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement and qualification in the job specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.