Group Accountant

Job Description

This is a hybrid role, requiring regular attendance in our Cardiff office.

Group Accountant

Admiral Insurance is looking to recruit a Group Accountant within the insurance accounting team. This is a real opportunity within a FTSE100 Group to shape systems and processes in the Finance function.

Key Aspects of the Role:

Reporting to the Insurance Accounting Manager, this role supports both the UK and European insurance entities and contributes directly to high quality Group reporting. The role covers core areas of insurance financial reporting and financial control, including reviewing results, challenging assumptions, and preparing insightful analysis and disclosure content. The successful candidate will act as a Group subject matter expert on key technical insurance accounting matters.

This position requires a proactive individual with strong analytical skills, excellent organisation and time management, and a focus on technical accounting, data quality, and robust financial controls.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform regular reviews of insurance financial data across the Group to identify trends and support the production of high-quality management information for internal boards, committees, and external stakeholders.
• Prepare key Group financial reporting disclosures, including profit analyses and financial statement notes, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Perform the investment accounting process for the UK underwriter, including preparing investment journals, reconciling balances, and supporting the review of investment income and valuations to ensure accurate reporting in accordance with Group policies.
• Prepare the year‑end statutory accounts for the UK underwriter, assisting with schedules, reconciliations, and draft disclosures to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in line with relevant accounting standards.
• Support the external audit process by coordinating audit requests, preparing supporting documentation and analysis, and assisting in resolving technical accounting queries.
• Involvement in regulatory returns for the UK underwriter, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant regulatory submissions, and working closely with actuarial and risk teams to validate underlying data and assumptions.
• Assist with testing key insurance controls across the Group, including helping to carry out test procedures, documenting findings, and supporting the team in following up on any actions needed
• Support wider Group Finance activities by contributing to cross‑functional projects, providing technical advice, and completing ad‑hoc tasks and analysis as required.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across Finance, Actuarial, and wider business teams
• Effective task and time management, with the ability to prioritise workload, manage multiple deliverables, and meet tight deadlines.

Desirable skills:

• Experience within General Insurance or the wider Financial Services sector (beneficial but not essential)

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please do email helen.hunt@admiralgroup.co.uk, contact us on 07796 062776. This number is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.

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