Acquisitions Accountant

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Acquisitions Accountant

Location: EC3R 7NE, City of London (Hybrid)

Job Purpose

Managing Accounting, Budgeting and Forecasting for acquired European business

Responsibilities

• Finance integration for acquired business'
• Convert Investment Hypothesis to budget
• Produce opening balance sheet
• Integrate into BAU operations

Principal Accountabilities

Strategic

• Work with acquisition team to bring acquisitions into finance operation
• Account correctly for acquisitions under US and UK GAAP
• Part of European Finance team - work with team to drive effective integration
• Define best practice and drive change into organisation
• Support growth strategy - UK and Pan Europe + ME
• Support integration of acquired businesses
• Support implementation of core operating/business systems to support scalable growth

Key Tasks

• Deliver Opening balance sheet in line with US and UK GAAP and Brown & Brown accounting policies
• Deliver with acquisition team the budget for all European acquisitions in accordance with Company requirements and timetable. Develop budget and drive adoption of company standards.
• Develop company system, process and tools to work to support the business and drive continuous improvement
• Run accounting operation with acquired company pre integration to BAU team including SOX submissions
• Support Retail, Wholesale and Programs finance team to integrate finance operations in to BAU teams
• Improve team quality in budgeting and forecasting tasks.
• Work with BI team to integrate acquired companies to the data warehouse
• Drive central allocations

People

• Leadership, communication and influencing skills required to drive adoption of business process and improve quality of budgeting and forecasting
• Ensure all activities are aligned and promoted in line with the company culture
• Ensure teammates are appropriately trained to adopt new tools and processes
• Ensure clarity of responsibility in process
• Com m un i cat i on, influe n ci n g, and ne g otiation skills
• Analysis, ju d gement, and dec i s i o n mak i ng
• Demonstrated financial acumen and commercial mind-set
• Planning, o r g anisation, a n d leadership
• Dir e ction, to n e and le a dership; team w o rking; p e ople develop m ent, co a c hi n g a n d mana g em e nt, motivation and obje c tive s etting
• Chal l eng e s t h e status q uo; open to n e w i de a s
• Knowl e dge and understanding of the financial serv i c e s s e c t or and i ns ura n ce b r o k i n g in particul a r

Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Education

• University Degree level or equivalent
• Accounting qualification to ACA, ACCA, CIMA fully qualified

Specific experience

• Experience within an international insurance services sector at manager level.
• Track record of integrating acquisitions.
• Track record of dealing with the management of processes in large organisations.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We take pride in the diversity of our team and seek diversity in our applicants.

Founded in 1939 as a small, two-partner firm, Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) and our team of companies have grown into one of the world's largest insurance brokerages while staying true to our foundation of trust, resilience and delivering results. With a team that is as connected locally as it is globally, our high-performing, highly collaborative team delivers innovative risk and insurance solutions.

We look for individuals who embrace our culture, thrive in a collaborative environment, are driven to grow and succeed and are committed to always doing what is right. With a unique culture built on integrity, superior capabilities and grit, we value teamwork, trust and courage. We think of ourselves as a team, so we have teammates-not employees, and leaders-not managers. Everything we do is about the greater "WE"-never "me."While diverse in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission-always doing what is best for our customers.