The Project Accountant will provide financial and operational support across Admiral’s UK car / home / van / travel insurance businesses. The role requires flexibility, as the work can vary significantly in its nature and scale, and provides a great opportunity to gain a wide knowledge of the business, involvement in the continued innovation of the business and to build relationships with senior management personnel.
Role Responsibilities will include:
- Developing a good understanding of the activities of the business and a strong working relationship with managers across the entire business, in order to be able to provide financial, numerical and procedural analysis for a variety of departments
- Significant involvement in cost control processes, including assisting IT and Business Change teams to develop business cases for IT / operational business change programmes
- Involvement in cost management processes and initiatives, and challenging cost variances across the organisation.
- Significant involvement in the budgeting/forecasting process for the motor business, including revenue and expense lines
- Development of complex spreadsheet models to aid with business decision-making and assessment of investment in systems, new products and testing campaigns
- Pro-active monitoring of performance vs. budget / re-forecasts and summarising variances for senior management through meetings with heads of departments across the business
- Providing general support and completing ad-hoc analysis as required by heads of departments across the business and Finance Managers
- Developing new MI for use with new business ventures and testing campaigns
- Providing general support and completing ad-hoc tasks as required by heads of departments across the business in addition to Finance managers
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Qualified accountant (1-2 PQE) with a strong academic background and strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Experience of preparing investment business cases and cost management processes would be beneficial
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with and influence all types of people and all levels of management
- Self-motivator, pro-active in all aspects of the role
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are essential, and proficiency in using other MS Word and PowerPoint