Job Description

About the Team:

Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (“GTS”) is one of the largest global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance teams in the industry. With more than 50 specialists, we have helped facilitate over 500 M&A deals a year on average — successfully insuring thousands of transactions since our inception.

About the Role:

• To support the GTS Head of Finance in understanding the key drivers of financial performance and support in building up financial plans and forecasts for GTS
• Ownership of the GTS planning tool and related processes, including leading or actively participating in improvements to the planning process
• Working closely with local finance teams to own and manage the day to day delivery of the month end GTS reporting processes in accordance with the agreed timetable
• Responsibility for analysing monthly and quarterly results for GTS and communicating this to various stakeholders across the Liberty Mutual Group
• Owning the development and continuous improvement of monthly reporting for GTS
• To support the wider GTS team and provide them with timely and insightful financial information about the performance of their business
• Provide assistance with other monthly reporting as required, including supporting the development and delivery of finance management information to help improve profitability
• Actively lead or participate in other projects to improve GTS finance systems, processes and controls
• Oversight of legal fee billings and recoveries, including participation in a project to make this process more efficient

What the ideal candidate will have:

• Qualified accountant with experience ideally obtained in a non-life insurance organisation
• Excellent IT skills, with the emphasis on Excel and use of databases, with structured, robust approach to data manipulation
• Highly analytical approach to work to complete detailed analysis
• Knowledge of US GAAP and insurance accounting experience
• Ability to analyse data and present findings in a clear and simple manner
• Ability to forge excellent relationships across the business
• Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at different organisational levels to ensure effective teamwork across finance
• Ability to encourage and motivate other team members to do their best for the team and the organisation
• A service oriented attitude to delivering the business requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified accountant with experience ideally obtained in a non-life insurance organisation • Excellent IT skills, with the emphasis on Excel and use of databases, with structured, robust approach to data manipulation • Highly analytical approach to work to complete detailed analysis • Knowledge of US GAAP and insurance accounting experience • Ability to analyse data and present findings in a clear and simple manner • Ability to forge excellent relationships across the business • Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively at different organisational levels to ensure effective teamwork across finance • Ability to encourage and motivate other team members to do their best for the team and the organisation • A service oriented attitude to delivering the business requirements