Accounts Assistant
Description
Job Title: Accounts Assistant (FTC)
Reporting to: Team Leader
Direct Reports: None
Position Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Overview:
Why Tokio Marine HCC?
Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.
The Finance Operations team (“Fin Ops”) sits within International Finance responsible for delivering quality internal and external outputs to all stakeholders within a controlled framework for insurance technical, cash, treasury and expense accounting activities.
Job Purpose:
Due to growth, complexity and drive for continuous process improvements the primary purpose of this role is to support the FinOps team with the day-to-day activities ensuring these are performed and controlled in line with the TMHCC timetable and standards.
Operating within the FinOps team residing in Leicester the main responsibilities include:
- Supporting aged debt reduction through credit control
- Creation and execution of timely external payments
- Outbound payments for London and Leicester
- Cash postings
- Supporting with the administration of Direct Debit defaults
- Provide support to the team, wider business and external clients with general Professional Indemnity and Liability queries
Adhoc duties as required by management including providing support when colleagues are on annual leave/sickness and assisting in other tasks for other lines of business within the Leicester finance
Key Responsibilities:
Technical
- Allocation of payments and resolving unallocated cash
- Investigate and resolve queries in the team shared inbox
- Credit control/Direct Debit administration support where required
- Assist with payment processing including those for claims/refunds/commission
- Adhoc duties as required by management including providing support when colleagues are on annual leave/sickness
- Ongoing analysis and investigation of aged debt balances
Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Build strong relationships across Finance Operations teams, including peer group and managers, as well as relevant business stakeholders, enabling the team to deliver high quality effective support to the rest of the Business.
Skills and Experience Specification:
• Accounting technical knowledge
• Experience of the insurance industry
• High level of attention to detail
• Experience of cash allocation and pro-actively minimising unallocated cash
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Problem solving ability
• Good communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills
What We Offer
The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.
The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.
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