Graduate Assistant Controller

2 months ago

London, United Kingdom Starr Insurance Companies Full time

Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Role Purpose:

Assist the Divisional Controller team and Chief Underwriting Officers (CUOs) of Tech, Casualty, Aviation, Marine etc in the management and monitoring of all aspects of the financial performance. Assist in the preparation of budgeted financial and performance analysis for both the Syndicate Business Forecast (SBF) and annual GAAP budget.

Responsibilities:

Support Line of business Divisional Controllers, with monitoring and reviewing of business class specific Profit & Loss (P&L) on Lloyd’s Syndicate and Company papers. Process Tandem Journals in conjunction with Underwriting teams for premium adjustments/ accruals. Assist in the preparation of twice-quarterly class specific forecast P&L on Anaplan. Monitoring of class specific business performance through analysis of actual and forecast against budget. Assist in the collation of Reinsurance data for reinsurance treaty renewals, Ensure that Underwriting Facultative reinsurance bookings agree to the data warehouse. Work with the Divisional Controllers in providing class specific financial reporting to Group and prepare detailed responses to any queries relating to London and European business. Support the Divisional Controllers in ensuring that the company and Syndicate meet Starr Group reporting deadlines. Collaborate with MI and IT teams, in the development of financial reports. Assist the Divisional Controllers manage the annual Syndicate Business Planning (SBP) process through Anaplan. Responsibility for compiling template data, loading and verifying data.
Investigating discrepancies and anomalies and resolution thereof. Assist the Divisional Controllers in the preparation of the GAAP annual budget with responsibility for compiling, challenging, and analysing the budget preparation per line of business. Assist the Casualty and Aviation Divisional Controllers in reconciling Binders and Lineslips before binder renewal and chase / identify outstanding Consortium commission. Prepare quarterly broking reports for London and European offices to Group. Participate in system developments and testing as required – particularly - Anaplan. Assist the Divisional Controllers with any other ad hoc information requests, as necessary.

Experience:

Graduate level with accounting knowledge; Company accounting principles; Accounting knowledge in insurance desirable.

Skills:

Good attention to detail; Time Management; Self-starter; Analytical and problem solving skills; Negotiation and decision making skills.

Systems & IT:

MS Office – Excel, Word and Outlook, Teams.

Qualifications:

ACCA studier or similar qualification or a desire to begin an accounting qualification; Degree in an Economics related degree

Starr are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic.

We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

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