HR336: Senior Financial Accountant | Bermuda

SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT – INVESTMENTS AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTING – LIFE AND ANNUITIES REINSURANCE – BERMUDA – ONLY 10% TAX – HR336

About this opportunity

Our client is part of an international group that provides reinsurance and financial risk solutions across multiple jurisdictions. The organization focuses on asset-intensive life and annuity portfolios, including a range of life insurance and annuity products.

Committed to high standards of professionalism, integrity, and innovation, the company is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to join its Finance team. This role will take a hands-on approach to key financial operations, with responsibility for investment accounting, corporate accounting activities, statutory reporting across multiple regulatory jurisdictions, and supporting multi-jurisdictional tax compliance. The position plays an important role in maintaining accurate financial reporting and supporting the broader finance function within a regulated environment.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform day-to-day investment accounting activities, including reconciliations and journal entries
• Coordinate with outsourced investment accounting providers, custodians, and asset managers
• Prepare investment-related internal and board reporting
• Support onboarding of new investment managers and custodians, and reinsurance transactions
• Corporate accounting & accounts payable perform general corporate accounting activities, including month-end close, reconciliations, and journal entries
• Hands-on responsibility for accounts payable function, including invoice processing, payment execution, and maintaining audit evidence
• Financial (life reinsurance) reporting support us stat financial statements preparation and filing, including detailed workpapers
• Prepare/support Bermuda statutory reporting
• Prepare/support IFRS reporting
• Support auditors (external, and internal) during audits and filings
• Tax compliance & oversight prepare/support tax computations for united states (federal and state), Ireland, and Bermuda
• Oversee tax compliance by actively managing external tax advisors, including review of tax returns, computations, provisions, and disclosures
• Support internal controls, documentation, and audit processes
• Contribute to continuous improvement of finance processes in a regulated environment

What you’ll need

• Professional accounting designation (ACCA, CA, CPA, or equivalent)
• Minimum of 3 years' post-qualification financial reporting/accounting or Big 4 experience
• Experience with investment accounting, particularly fixed income instruments, equity type, and derivatives
• Hands-on experience with Clearwater Analytics is an asset
• Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Hands-on experience with US corporate tax computations for a life reinsurer, with the ability to manage external tax advisors
• High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset, and ability to operate independently
• Hands on experience with BMA reporting and regulations for a life reinsurer, preferred

How to apply

• To apply, attach your résumé or include a link to your LinkedIn profile
• If you don't provide one of the above, we can't progress your application

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Our clients are equal opportunity employers and value diversity. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you believe you deserve an exceptional career, we’ll help make it happen.