Insurance Accounts / Finance Manager

Insurance IBA Accounts / Finance Manager £175-200 p/d - 6 Month Contract -Essex - Free Parking


Your new company
You will be working for an Insurance business based in Essex and reporting to the Financial Controller. You will be responsible for the maintenance and day to day handling of the IBA Ledgers ensuring timely collection and/or settling of balances from/to customers and insurers. This role will involve overseeing the IBA function as a whole and offering support to IBA team members. Responsible for overseeing operations, reconciliations, cash allocations, credit control and insurer settlement.

Your new role

Daily Tasks

• Supervision of Retail IBA Finance team (x3) in Brentwood
• Track outgoing payments for comparison to prior years volumes
• Reconcile and settle insurer bordereaux/statements to support IBA Accounts Technician when required
• Review log of Finance queries, following up with relevant departments
• Deal with customer accounts queries by phone or email
• Record holiday and sickness absence
• Be the first point of call for all internal queries from other departments, and delegate to team as necessary
• Escalate any potential problems to management level
• Bank reconciliation
• Support Finance team with queries, issues & workloads
• Maintain petty cash and refund payment logs
• Monitoring, investigating and reconciling Aged Debt

Weekly Tasks

• Weekly credit control and insurer reconciliation update meetings with Commercial IBA Finance team (x3) in London (remote or onsite)
• Catch-up telephone meetings with Financial Controller

Monthly Tasks

• Reconcile bank reconciliation against Trial Balance
• Analyse the Trial Balance prior to month-end to remove incorrect account postings
• Monitor Suspense account
• Complete CASS 5 Client Money calculation on 1st working day of the month
• Produce month-end reports including but not limited to Trial Balance, Brokerage Transacted and Earned, Aged Debt, and Unallocated Cash
• Report on all aged un-cleared cheques and arrange for either re-issue or write-back
• Review and update the Finance Procedures Manual as and when required
• Check Insurer Log to ensure all payments have been recorded and paid as required
• Export monthly Bank transactions from on-line system
• Reconcile and investigate outstanding premium finance transactions
• Monthly Operations meetings

What you'll need to succeed
* Proven track record in IBA Credit Control and account management
* Experience of supervising staff
* Understanding of the insurance market and accounting processes within this field - experience of both Retail and Commercial IBA would be preferred
* Excel (intermediate)

What you'll get in return
£175-200 per day - 6 month contract

What you need to do now
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