Reinsurance Accountant SME

Reinsurance Accountant SME

Location: Norwich based (50% hybrid working)

Salary: circa £53,000

This is a great job for someone who is an experienced finance professional with strong technical accounting expertise in reinsurance and is ready to take ownership of complex accounting areas. You might be someone who enjoys being a subject matter expert, thrives on problem-solving, and is confident influencing stakeholders across finance.

This role would suit someone who has worked in financial reporting, technical accounting, or close processes and is looking to step into a more visible, leadership-focused role supporting both delivery and transformation.

A bit about the job:

This role exists to provide technical accounting leadership across reinsurance, ensuring accurate reporting, strong financial control, and robust governance. You’ll play a key part in delivering a safe and controlled month-end close while acting as the go-to expert for reinsurance accounting matters. Working closely with teams such as Financial Reporting, Actuarial, and Finance Business Partners, you will help resolve technical issues, support audit activity, and improve processes.

Alongside day-to-day delivery, you will also contribute to finance transformation initiatives, helping embed more efficient, automated, and well-controlled ways of working.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong technical accounting expertise across General Ledger, financial control, and IFRS (IFRS 17 desirable), with solid understanding of reinsurance
• Qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with experience in audit-focused, well-controlled environments
• Strong knowledge of internal control frameworks (e.g. iCare / ORCM) and ability to identify, assess, and resolve risks
• Highly analytical with a curious, improvement-focused mindset and experience in process enhancement and automation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge, and operate effectively in a changing environment

What you’ll get:

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We want you to shine. That’s why we have so much to offer you:

• Salary around £53,000 - depending on skills, experience, and qualifications

• Bonus opportunity – actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's

• Generous pension scheme – eg. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• 29 days of paid leave exclusive of public holidays - with the option of buying or selling 5 additional holiday days

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send Balazs Palcsek a mail at balazs.palcsek@aviva.com