Insurance Accounting & Tax Jobs

Insurance Accounting & Tax Jobs

Explore insurance accounting jobs and insurance tax jobs on iCAN Apply, with opportunities to build your finance career within the insurance sector. Whether you’re starting out, working towards a professional qualification or looking for your next specialist or leadership position, browse the vacancies to find a role that matches your experience and ambitions.

Find your specialism in insurance accounting

Accounting careers in insurance range from supporting everyday finance operations to interpreting financial performance and preparing specialist reports. Your work could involve reconciling accounts, investigating differences in financial data, supporting financial statements or helping colleagues understand the numbers behind business decisions.

When comparing insurance accounting jobs, look beyond the job title to understand where the position sits within the finance team:

• Financial and management accounting: Preparing accounts, supporting reporting cycles and explaining financial results to colleagues across the business.
• Regulatory and syndicate reporting: Producing financial information for insurance regulators or the Lloyd’s market, with responsibilities that depend on the employer and its reporting requirements.
• Technical and reinsurance accounting: Processing and reconciling insurance transactions, supporting premium and claims settlements, and resolving account queries with brokers and other insurance businesses.
• Accounts support and finance operations: Working with payments, reconciliations and financial records, with opportunities to develop practical accounting experience.

Explore insurance tax jobs

Insurance tax jobs can combine detailed technical work with a wider view of how an insurance business operates. Depending on the position, you could support tax compliance and reporting, research the implications of business decisions or work with colleagues on international transactions.

Some roles concentrate on a particular area, such as direct tax, indirect tax or transfer pricing. Others have broader responsibilities across several countries, bringing opportunities to work with finance, legal and other business teams.

When reviewing a vacancy, consider the balance between compliance, reporting and advisory work. A position centred on preparing submissions may offer a different career direction from one focused on acquisitions, international expansion or advising senior stakeholders.

Can you move into insurance from another sector?

Experience gained in accountancy practice or another industry can be relevant, particularly where your background matches the technical requirements of the role. Some employers welcome applicants without previous insurance experience, while specialist positions may require familiarity with insurance accounting or the Lloyd’s market.

Check whether sector experience is listed as essential or desirable, then make the connection between your existing skills and the responsibilities advertised. Examples of investigating discrepancies, improving financial controls, managing reporting deadlines or explaining complex information can help demonstrate what you would bring to the team.

Where insurance knowledge is required, be specific about your exposure rather than relying on a general statement that you have worked in financial services.

Choosing a role that supports your development

Before applying, consider how the opportunity fits your current skills and what you want to learn next:

• Qualification requirements: Check whether the employer wants someone studying, nearly qualified or fully qualified, and which accountancy or tax qualifications it accepts.
• Professional development: If you are taking exams, look for details of study support and ask about any conditions attached.
• Day-to-day responsibilities: Consider whether you prefer reporting, operational accounting, analysis or tax advisory work.
• Team and business exposure: Look at who you would work with and whether the role offers experience across different functions or countries.
• Working arrangements: Confirm the location, office attendance expectations and contract type in the individual advert.

In your application, use concrete examples of your contribution, such as resolving a recurring reconciliation problem or improving the accuracy of a report. Explain what you did and the result, while keeping any confidential information out of your CV.

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