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PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

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£0 to £0 per month

Location

Manchester Don't show me jobs in this location

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Who we are looking for The PwC Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice comprises of over 200 partners and staff. With offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol, our consultants focus on life, non life, banking and non insurance, led by a twelve strong partner team headed by Charles Garnsworthy. This makes us the largest insurance practice within the large accounting firms. Our Manchester office was opened in 2008 and has grown to a team of, currently, twelve . Headed up by Andrew James, the team works with our North West Financial Services practice looking after clients predominantly across the North of England and the Midlands. Our clients include CIS, Royal Liver, Royal London, Phoenix, NFU and Aviva. Whilst the role is based in Manchester, as part of the wider UK AIMS practice there are opportunities to work with other clients across the UK and abroad in Europe or globally AIMS is planning to expand significantly against a background of high client demand for actuarial services, driven in part by Solvency II where we are recognised as one of the leaders in the development of best practice in the UK. Our ambition is to grow to a sustainable 300 people by 2013/14. Our clients include a number of the leading UK insurers and European multinationals, such as Aegon, Axa, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Liberty Syndicates and LMIE, Old Mutual, Phoenix, Prudential, RBS and more. AIMS strategy firmly looks beyond Solvency II implementation to establish sustainable growth and reinforce our market-leading position. We continue to invest in core areas of our life insurance work including financial reporting, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions, financial modelling, enterprise risk management. A significant and increasing amount of our work is coming from Continental Europe. AIMS plays a leading role in the 800 strong actuarial community in PwC worldwide, We have a strong sense of culture developed over our 30 year history. We work in a friendly, positive and vibrant atmosphere, where people are encouraged to take responsibility at an early stage and proactively develop their career. We seek to develop accomplished consultants, not just technically strong actuaries. This means exposure to a wide range of project situations, often working with specialists from other disciplines within PwC such as Transaction Services, Regulatory, Risk Advisory, Corporate Finance, Business Recovery/Restructuring, Forensics, Tax, Accounting and Internal Audit. The individuals recruited would have a strong background either as a recognised strong life consultant or from successfully delivering significant actuarially related projects from within the life industry. In recognition of the need to invest in future growth of the practice, we are looking for individuals who not only have demonstrated relevant technical skills and experience, but who also have the potential with development support to lead on key client accounts and product areas, using strong relationship and people management skills. PwC offer an unparalleled development framework which not only ensures our consultants have strong technical experience, but also supports wider softer skills which are vital to success with our clients. We will ensure that the successful candidates will have a tailored development plan, which will enable progression to more senior levels within the practice in a relatively short timescale. About the role PwC is seeking Consultants from a life insurance background to join their UK Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice. On a day-to-day basis the candidate will lead, manage and deliver a wide range of concurrent actuarial and multidisciplinary assignments, and act as the clients main point of day-today contact on assignments. The candidate will be actively involved in the development of new and existing client relationships and is expected to maintain a strong personal profile internally in PwC and externally in the market to seek out new business opportunities. We would expect the successful candidates to take an active role in the strategic management and running of the practice and lead on one our core product areas or be involved as lead actuarial account driver on one of our major UK life insurance clients. Requirements The successful candidate will: Have hold Degree Be a fully qualified Actuary Have spent most of their career to date in the life insurance market, either within a company or a consultancy Have a wider commercial awareness, including the understanding of wider business issues Have experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, market consistent techniques & financial modelling, ICAs, Solvency II or risk management are particularly relevant, reflecting the future growth of our practice. Personal Qualities: Have strong oral, listening and written communication skills. Have the potential to develop strong people management, client handling and development skills, including inter-personal sensitivity and influencing skills. Have demonstrated an aptitude to develop good client/internal client handling skills, including relationship-building skills that lead to increased consulting opportunities. Have strong project and financial management skills. The ability to deliver to budget and within timescales is an important skill. We are looking for people with a flexible attitude and the ability to multi-task effectively. Have strong technical, problem identification and analytical skills, most likely with at least one specialist area of experience. Be commercial, with the ability and experience of working within a broader insurance environment, and with vision as to developments at our clients and opportunities for consulting business. Be strongly committed to both personal and corporate success. Be self-motivated, in particular taking responsibility for personal development in technical and broader consulting skills. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us.

Recruiter

PWC Don't show me jobs from PWC

Salary

£0 to £0 per month

Location

Manchester Don't show me jobs in this location

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Who we are looking for The PwC Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice comprises of over 200 partners and staff. With offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol, our consultants focus on life, non life, banking and non insurance, led by a twelve strong partner team headed by Charles Garnsworthy. This makes us the largest insurance practice within the large accounting firms. Our Manchester office was opened in 2008 and has grown to a team of, currently, twelve . Headed up by Andrew James, the team works with our North West Financial Services practice looking after clients predominantly across the North of England and the Midlands. Our clients include CIS, Royal Liver, Royal London, Phoenix, NFU and Aviva. Whilst the role is based in Manchester, as part of the wider UK AIMS practice there are opportunities to work with other clients across the UK and abroad in Europe or globally AIMS is planning to expand significantly against a background of high client demand for actuarial services, driven in part by Solvency II where we are recognised as one of the leaders in the development of best practice in the UK. Our ambition is to grow to a sustainable 300 people by 2013/14. Our clients include a number of the leading UK insurers and European multinationals, such as Aegon, Axa, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Liberty Syndicates and LMIE, Old Mutual, Phoenix, Prudential, RBS and more. AIMS strategy firmly looks beyond Solvency II implementation to establish sustainable growth and reinforce our market-leading position. We continue to invest in core areas of our life insurance work including financial reporting, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions, financial modelling, enterprise risk management. A significant and increasing amount of our work is coming from Continental Europe. AIMS plays a leading role in the 800 strong actuarial community in PwC worldwide, We have a strong sense of culture developed over our 30 year history. We work in a friendly, positive and vibrant atmosphere, where people are encouraged to take responsibility at an early stage and proactively develop their career. We seek to develop accomplished consultants, not just technically strong actuaries. This means exposure to a wide range of project situations, often working with specialists from other disciplines within PwC such as Transaction Services, Regulatory, Risk Advisory, Corporate Finance, Business Recovery/Restructuring, Forensics, Tax, Accounting and Internal Audit. The individuals recruited would have a strong background either as a recognised strong life consultant or from successfully delivering significant actuarially related projects from within the life industry. In recognition of the need to invest in future growth of the practice, we are looking for individuals who not only have demonstrated relevant technical skills and experience, but who also have the potential with development support to lead on key client accounts and product areas, using strong relationship and people management skills. PwC offer an unparalleled development framework which not only ensures our consultants have strong technical experience, but also supports wider softer skills which are vital to success with our clients. We will ensure that the successful candidates will have a tailored development plan, which will enable progression to more senior levels within the practice in a relatively short timescale. About the role PwC is seeking Consultants from a life insurance background to join their UK Actuarial & Insurance Management Solutions (AIMS) practice. On a day-to-day basis the candidate will lead, manage and deliver a wide range of concurrent actuarial and multidisciplinary assignments, and act as the clients main point of day-today contact on assignments. The candidate will be actively involved in the development of new and existing client relationships and is expected to maintain a strong personal profile internally in PwC and externally in the market to seek out new business opportunities. We would expect the successful candidates to take an active role in the strategic management and running of the practice and lead on one our core product areas or be involved as lead actuarial account driver on one of our major UK life insurance clients. Requirements The successful candidate will: * Have hold Degree * Be a fully qualified Actuary * Have spent most of their career to date in the life insurance market, either within a company or a consultancy * Have a wider commercial awareness, including the understanding of wider business issues * Have experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, market consistent techniques & financial modelling, ICAs, Solvency II or risk management are particularly relevant, reflecting the future growth of our practice. Personal Qualities: * Have strong oral, listening and written communication skills. * Have the potential to develop strong people management, client handling and development skills, including inter-personal sensitivity and influencing skills. * Have demonstrated an aptitude to develop good client/internal client handling skills, including relationship-building skills that lead to increased consulting opportunities. * Have strong project and financial management skills. The ability to deliver to budget and within timescales is an important skill. We are looking for people with a flexible attitude and the ability to multi-task effectively. Have strong technical, problem identification and analytical skills, most likely with at least one specialist area of experience. * Be commercial, with the ability and experience of working within a broader insurance environment, and with vision as to developments at our clients and opportunities for consulting business. * Be strongly committed to both personal and corporate success. * Be self-motivated, in particular taking responsibility for personal development in technical and broader consulting skills. Our Competencies Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us. http:// ... /uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml

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GAAPweb Don't show me jobs from GAAPweb

Salary

From £50,000 to £60,000 per year

Location

Lancashire Don't show me jobs in this location

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

My client is one of the UKs leading service providers with an enviable reputation as a leading employer in the Northwest. Due to a restructure they are now looking to recruit a talented Tax Accountant during a period of exciting financial and organisational growth. As Financial Accountant, you will have a specific focus on accounting for taxation purposes (eg corporate tax, VAT, IPT and PAYE) you will be tasked with driving best practice and designing innovative recommendations on tax issues, as well as advising of the impact on the business. Key responsibilities include: managing tax reporting, compliance planning and advice driving the use of best practice and knowledge of rules and legislation is into all aspects; supervising communication with HMRC; preparation and acting as key liaison for annual statutory audit on tax issues; initiating forecasting & planning frameworks and implementation of essential financial projects including the introduction of new products, implementation of new systems. The ideal candidate will be a qualified CTA or Chartered Accountant, with prior experience in accounting for taxation within a corporate environment. Experience working with partially exempt companies and a strong background in financial accounting will strengthen your application. If you would like to apply for the role of Tax Accountant or find out more, please apply online or contact Marcus Blackburn at Robert Walters by email or call quoting the reference 1643890-2-BB.

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GAAPweb Don't show me jobs from GAAPweb

Salary

From £30,000 to £30,000 per year

Location

Cheshire Don't show me jobs in this location

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

A well-established, dynamic organisation in Cheshire is urgently looking to appoint a part-qualified Financial Analyst on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Group Finance Manager you will have prime responsibility for managing the workflow and assisting with any projects impacting the Group Compensation team. Your duties will involve coordinating work flow to ensure commission is accrued, calculated and paid in a timely manner as per contractual agreements, ensuring that all manual calculation processes are contractually accurate and that appropriate processes and validation techniques exist, providing standard and bespoke analyses of commission to marketing and finance as requested. The role will also involve working with the Business Analysis team to complete the Quarterly Affinity Advance Impairment Review, discussing recommendations with management, reconciling all group compensation nominal on a monthly basis, assisting with a full control review of all processes within the Group Compensation team, providing assistance on internal and external audits, recommending and implementing improvements where risks have been identified and other ad hoc duties. It is essential you are both technically and analytically strong with an advanced level of MS Excel. You will also be able to work to tight deadlines with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You must be part-qualified in CIMA, ACCA, or ACA. Applicants who are qualified by experience will be considered if you have a Financial Services background or have worked in a large organisation working on high complexities. It is also desirable that you have experience of working with Oracle and MS Access. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a well-established global business. Please apply ASAP if you have the relevant experience.