Senior Finance Accountant - FTC (12 months)

Pension Insurance Corporation (“PIC”) provides secure retirement incomes through comprehensive risk management and excellence in asset and liability management, as well as exceptional customer service. Our purpose is to pay the pensions of our current and future policyholders. We achieve our purpose by setting Companywide strategic objectives and driving a healthy culture based on our PIC Values of Resilient, Adaptable, and Loyal.

Role purpose

• The Accounting & Finance Control team has entered in a critical period as it prepares to deliver 2026 Business-as-usual (BAU) deliveries alongside an integration with a new majority shareholder Athora group (Group). This role will provide additional bandwidth across the team to ensure all BAU and Group deliverables are on time and to a high standard.
• The Senior Finance Accountant is a mid-level position within PIC’s Accounting and Financial Control team. It offers a chance to join an expanding financial services company with a culture of collaboration and excellence. The role has been created to support the Accounting & Financial Control team through the integration with the new Group structure. As a Senior Finance Accountant, you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Financial Accounting Manager (Insurance & Investments) in all areas within the insurance and investment accounting space.
• To apply well rounded knowledge and experience and deliver accounting and consolidation activities relating to IFRS17, Solvency II and Bermudan Regulatory reporting
• Our Company values are expected to be reflected in the delivery and performance of every role.

Specific accountabilities assigned to the role of Senior Finance Accountant within the Accounting & Financial Control team:

• Delivery of the IFRS17 month-end reporting including the RiskIntegrity process runs
• Other accounting tasks (transactions, journals, reconciliations, data entry, supporting information, explanations and all other information that may be required in the general ledger and financial records of the Group including P&L, Balance Sheet, cash flows and liaising with Actuaries on the reporting of technical provisions, solvency calculations) to support effective month end close accounting process
• Responsible for the creation and preparation of standardized templates for integration activities, including updating of the IFRS, Solvency and EBS/BMA trial balances, Insurance and Investment related financial statement disclosures and offline templates for new Group reporting
• Provide Analysis and insight into the current and new Group results and use the knowledge to help improve understanding across PIC
• Liaising and keeping up to date with business changes and transactions with other teams within PIC, such as new business, reinsurance, claims management and the like.
• Identifying and developing process improvements
• Identifying and developing controls and control environment improvements.
• Accounting tasks to support the effective month end closing accounting process across BAU and Group, including consolidation.
• Leading any ad hoc change requests or new requests from the accounting operational perspective, for example new business transactions that will have an impact on GL and other processes.
• Support the wider accounting team and finance team with finance change projects/program.
• Preparing analytical review commentary on significant variances and/or developments on a monthly basis
• To understand and work within Pension Corporation's guidelines on Treating Customers Fairly

Requirements:
Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of accounting processes and controls
• Proficient knowledge of accounting ledger systems e.g. Oracle
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office package – especially Excel
• Fundamental knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Good knowledge of PRA reporting requirements

Skills

• Fully Qualified accountant
• Strong accounting skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to analyse large volumes of data
• Ability to organize work to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work within defined procedures as recommended by functional teams
• Adaptable, with the ability to switch effectively between multiple tasks and priorities
• Ability to create and deliver clear and concise written commentary of analytical reviews

Experience

• Proven post-qualification accounting experience
• Experience in entity and group accounting within financial services (preferred), ideally within insurance industry or similar within a big 4 accounting environment
• Experience in taking on existing processes and improve/simplify
• Experience or exposure to IFRS17 tools (preferred) e.g. RiskIntegrity

DE&I at PIC

At PIC, we believe that true innovation stems from embracing diverse perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to building a workplace where every individual, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or socio-economic background, feels valued, heard and empowered to succeed. We hold ourselves accountable through ongoing initiatives, such as inclusive hiring practices, and equitable career development opportunities that support belonging and community. While we’re proud of our progress, we recognise there’s work ahead, and we remain dedicated to listening, learning and evolving together.

Benefits:
In addition to a competitive base salary and the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, upon joining us here at Pension Insurance Corporation, you will get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 28 days' annual leave (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme and much more.