Are you a detail-oriented and proactive accountant looking to join a Global insurer? Join QBE Europe as a Senior Financial Accountant, where you'll support accurate financi...
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## **Primary Details**
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
**Senior Financial Accountant
Location: Leeds/London**
Are you a detail-oriented and proactive accountant looking to join a Global insurer? Join QBE Europe as a Senior Financial Accountant, where you'll support accurate financial reporting, month-end close processes, and continuous improvement across our international operations. Working with systems like Oracle Fusion, TM1, and HFM, you’ll collaborate with finance teams across multiple regions. If you're newly, nearly, or fully qualified and thrive in a dynamic, analytical role—this is your opportunity to grow and make a difference.
The Opportunity:
- Be at the heart of financial reporting, delivering insight and analysis that supports global business performance.
- Join a collaborative, high-performing finance team in a dynamic and complex multinational environment.
- Flex@QBE supports flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, compressed hours, or part-time opportunities.
**Your New Role:**
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-driven Senior Financial Accountant to join our Finance Operations team. In this key role, you’ll be responsible for the review, preparation, and analysis of profit & loss and balance sheet data, supporting end-to-end financial processes, and contributing to ongoing process improvement initiatives.
- You’ll work with stakeholders across QBE’s international teams—Australia Pacific, North America, and our Global Shared Services Centre—navigating complex systems to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Preparing and reviewing journals and reconciliations, ensuring compliance with control frameworks.
- Conducting monthly GWP (Gross Written Premium) reviews and contributing to TM1 premium, claims and commission reporting.
- Using financial systems including Oracle Fusion, TM1, and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
- Investigating and explaining variances in financial results, working to tight month-end deadlines.
- Identifying and leading process improvement initiatives to enhance financial reporting efficiency.
- Collaborating closely with offshore teams and cross-regional finance colleagues across different time zones.
**About you:**
You’re someone who enjoys “getting into the detail” and thrives in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. You bring a curious, improvement-focused mindset and are confident working across teams and systems.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- A recognised accounting qualification (or be newly/nearly qualified), or qualified by experience.
- Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Comfort working with complex finance systems such as Oracle, TM1, or HFM.
- A collaborative approach with experience mentoring or supporting junior colleagues.
- Confidence in managing competing priorities and stakeholder expectations, with a solid grasp of month-end financial cycles.
- Flexibility and adaptability—able to work with international teams and embrace change.
- Experience in the insurance or financial services industry is a bonus, but not essential.
**Why QBE? At My Best**
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.
We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.
**At My Best - QBE Benefits**
You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!
- 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
- Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
- Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
- Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
- Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
- Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
- Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
- Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.
To find out more visit our Reward Page
**QBE Awards**
Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;
AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee
You can view all our awards here
**Inclusion of Diversity**
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page
**Accessibility**
Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.
**ESG & Sustainability**
At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report
What next? If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.
We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?
APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!
**Skills:**
Communication, Complaint Management, Critical Thinking, Finance Strategy, Financial Data Reporting, Financial Management, Intentional collaboration, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Managing performance, Professional Development, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Leadership, Team Management
How to Apply:
To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
