Description
Job description:
Are you an experienced Accountant, ideally with a knowledge of IFRS17, who can support the implementation of this new standard within a global financial services firm? If so then we want to hear from you!
This is an initial 6-month contract based in Edinburgh.
Core requirements:
Technical skills:
- Knowledge of IFRS17
- Knowledge of insurance accounting/actuarial data and data sources
- Experience analysing and interpreting complex data/technical papers
- Experience of data impact/gap analysis
- Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint
Personal attributes/skills:
- Ability to analyse technical methodology papers and assess impacts on data/accounting
- Ability to distil complex ideas into simple requirements
- Ability to deliver defined pieces of work on time as set out in the accounting & data project plans
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively within a busy team
- Ability to communicate effectively and influence effectively with productive, successful relationships
- Ability to work independently
- Flexibility to complete tasks required by the programme or work stream as required
Core responsibilities:
- To review and analyse technical methodology papers to identify new data requirements
- Organise and present updates to the Quarterly Senior Data working group meetings
- Actively manage weekly meetings ensuring clear priorities and deliverables for each meeting
- Organise weekly Data Working Group meetings including preparation of packs/reports/dashboards.
- Accurately collate output/actions from Data Working Group meetings
- Own and deliver specific work packages identified by the Accounting work stream
- Own actions through to completion and confirmation of data points/data sources
- This will be achieved by working collaboratively with colleagues in other work streams/data working group members to analyse and resolve data issues
- Provide insight regarding accounting/actuarial data and data sources
- Develop Data gap analysis and maintain data gap BRAG status and milestones
- Weekly update of Data Dictionary
- Assist in raising any new requirements as a result of gaps identified
- Any other tasks as required by the accounting and data work streams
Our client values diversity, and we welcome enquiries from everyone
Job reference: 12582
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