Job Description

Looking for a role where you can combine technical reporting expertise with commercial curiosity, working across a diverse international insurance business and taking ownership of Lloyd’s and regulatory reporting that helps drive insight and decision-making?

As a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant, you will lead the delivery of Lloyd’s regulatory returns and UK GAAP reporting for Syndicate 3000, partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial, Underwriting, Compliance and Audit to enhance reporting quality, strengthen controls and provide meaningful analysis of business performance.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

Markel International finance is responsible for the financial, regulatory and business reporting of Markel International and its subsidiaries. It is part of Markel Group’s Global Finance Department. The ‘Senior Financial Reporting Accountant’ role sits within the Lloyd’s and Solvency UK Reporting team.

Markel International is an organisation driven by the continuous desire for self-development, in a supportive and collaborative culture. The appointed candidate will contribute to advancing the reporting function from its current positive state within the organisation. They will help maintain it as a trusted and proactive facet of the company. This position is a unique opportunity for the right candidate to work on an exciting and challenging role for Markel International’s Finance department. The appointment represents the real opportunity to contribute to a successful organisation in fine-tuning and enhancing a function to add proven insight to the performance of the business.

Markel International represents a diverse organisation with a variety of offerings to its client base. As such, there will be various technical and commercial challenges that provide breadth in experience and outlooks. Beyond the risk carrier operations, the business includes a range of legal entities covering service companies, Legal advisory, MGAs and consultancy arms, each with their own business models and nuanced requirements of the Finance function.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the preparation and evaluation of Lloyd’s regulatory returns, ensuring all submissions are completed accurately and within Lloyd’s and regulatory deadlines.
• Produce quarterly and annual UK GAAP financial reporting, including board papers, management reporting and statutory financial statements for Syndicate 3000.
• Assist in the completion and review of Lloyd’s returns including QMA Delta, QMB, RRQ, Flash Reports, TRIA and other international regulatory submissions.
• Perform detailed analytical reviews of underwriting results, broker balances, syndicate expenses, capital movements and quarterly performance to identify trends and key drivers.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial, Underwriting, Compliance, Internal Audit and external auditors to ensure efficient delivery of reporting requirements.
• Review and enhance reporting processes, controls and documentation to improve reporting quality, efficiency and consistency across the Lloyd’s reporting cycle.
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior team members and assist with the development of reporting capability across the team.
• Monitor changes in Lloyd’s, PRA and regulatory reporting requirements and assess the impact on existing reporting processes.

Our must-haves:

• Be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with experience in a reporting environment. Lloyd’s experience is preferable but not essential.
• Demonstrate exceptional analytical and data interrogation skills, with the ability to identify trends, anomalies and key insights from large and sophisticated datasets.
• Have advanced Excel skills and experience working with large volumes of financial and regulatory data to produce accurate, high-quality reporting.
• Be highly data-driven, with a natural curiosity to understand the story behind the numbers and challenge outputs where appropriate.
• Have experience using reporting tools and technology solutions to improve efficiency, automation and reporting capability.
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail, ensuring reporting outputs are accurate, complete and delivered to a consistently high standard.
• Capable of translating complex financial and regulatory information into clear, concise and meaningful commentary for senior partners.
• Show a proactive attitude, continually seeking opportunities to improve processes, controls, data quality and reporting insights.
• Be comfortable handling multiple priorities and delivering high-quality work to demanding deadlines.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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