Job Description

Acquisitions Accountant

Location: EC3R 7NE, City of London (Hybrid)

Package: Negotiable plus benefits

Job Purpose

Managing Accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting for acquired European business

Responsibilities

Finance integration for acquired business' Convert Investment Hypothesis to budget Produce opening balance sheet Integrate into BAU operations

Principal Accountabilities

Strategic

Work with acquisition team to bring acquisitions into finance operation Account correctly for acquisitions under US and UK GAAP Part of European Finance team - work with team to drive effective integration Define best practice and drive change into organisation Support growth strategy - UK and Pan Europe + ME Support integration of acquired businesses Support implementation of core operating/business systems to support scalable growth
Key Tasks

Deliver Opening balance sheet in line with US and UK GAAP and Brown & Brown accounting policies Deliver with acquisition team the budget for all European acquisitions in accordance with Company requirements and timetable. Develop budget and drive adoption of company standards. Develop company system, process and tools to work to support the business and drive continuous improvement Run accounting operation with acquired company pre integration to BAU team including SOX submissions Support Retail, Wholesale and Programs finance team to integrate finance operations in to BAU teams Improve team quality in budgeting and forecasting tasks. Work with BI team to integrate acquired companies to the data warehouse Drive central allocations
People

Leadership, communication and influencing skills required to drive adoption of business process and improve quality of budgeting and forecasting Ensure all activities are aligned and promoted in line with the company culture Ensure teammates are appropriately trained to adopt new tools and processes Ensure clarity of responsibility in process
Competencies

Communication, influencing, and negotiation skills Analysis, judgement, and decision making Demonstrated financial acumen and commercial mind-set Planning, organisation, and leadership Direction, tone and leadership; team working; people development, coaching and management, motivation and objective setting Challenges the status quo; open to new ideas Knowledge and understanding of the financial services sector and insurance broking in particular

Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Education

University Degree level or equivalent Accounting qualification to ACA, ACCA, CIMA fully qualified
Specific experience

Experience within an international insurance services sector at manager level. Track record of integrating acquisitions. Track record of dealing with the management of processes in large organisations.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Employee stock ownership plan Employee stock purchase plan Paid volunteer time Work from home
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London EC3R 7NE