Title:

Finance Operations Team Leader

Company:

Everest International Insurance

Job Category:

Finance

Job Description:

About Everest:
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role:

The Finance Operations Team Leader specifically sits within Everest’s Insurance division, which has an ambitious long-term growth plan, giving rise to continued expansion throughout its international offering. Everest Insurance (Ireland) dac (“EIID”) provides insurance services across Europe, serving key stakeholders within EIID’s branch network (France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and The United Kingdom) and the wider Everest group.

The Finance Operations Team Leader will report to the Senior Manager Technical Finance Operations and work alongside the wider team in the completion of day-to-day insurance reporting and operation activities, including any projects essential to a high-quality finance delivery in a growth environment.

This position will be based in our Dublin office with a hybrid schedule of working two days remote each week.

Role & Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

Manage and support junior team members including review of their output.

Working alongside underwriters/operations/project management team to ensure new products/distribution channels are fully embedded within finance processes in a controlled and scalable manner.

Develop and review reconciliations, ensuring they are completed on a timely basis and outstanding actions are investigated and resolved.

Contribute to systems implementation including impact assessment, process definition and UAT of same.

Developing increased efficiencies and automation in the finance operations processes and collaborating in driving process change and improvements across the finance function.

Contribute to end-to-end process documentation covering key processes to support financial control.

Supporting the internal and external audit teams on operational finance matters.

Working with the tax team and outsource providers to ensure tax submissions e.g. IPT are accurate and submitted on a timely basis.

Working with the treasury team to ensure optimal processes for processing payments with appropriate disbursement controls and for anticipating large receipts or disbursements.

Qualifications:

Professionally qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with post-qualified experience. Preferably within an insurance accounting role.

Strong academic background with a relevant bachelor’s degree.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

Strong understanding of Insurance accounting principles.

Highly analytical and detailed, with the ability to step away from detail to see the bigger picture and communicate high-level messages to senior stakeholders.

Solution based problem-solving skills.

Team player with a capability of working on own initiative and willing to help others.

Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workload on a continual basis.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Leadership skills and ability to motivate and develop junior staff.

Our Culture 

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

  

Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  

Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.  

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

 

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

 

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Dublin, Ireland

Additional Locations:

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