Financial Accountant (Spanish-speaking)

Financial Accountant (Spanish-speaking) page is loaded Financial Accountant (Spanish-speaking) Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: September 1, 2025 (26 days left to apply) job requisition id R Who are we?

Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

What is the role?

In this exciting opportunity, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial integrity and performance of Howden's International Growth Markets (IGM), which include the Middle East & Africa, India, and Latin America. From managing monthly accounts to supporting strategic forecasting and transformation initiatives, you'll be instrumental in delivering high-quality financial reporting and insights. This role offers a unique chance to work closely with the Divisional CFO and collaborate with finance teams across multiple regions.

Please note that this is a full-time, permanent role based in our Central London office. Following a hybrid work pattern, you are expected to be onsite 2-3 days per week on average.

What will you be doing?

Financial Reporting & Control

• Facilitate accurate and timely completion of monthly management reporting across Howden IGM entities, including but not limited to:

• Completion of all financial reporting system (OneStream) workflows.

• Ensuring timely alignment of intercompany balances.

• Balance sheet reconciliations in line with policy.

• Quarterly Howden Group lender attestations, working closely with regional teams and FP&A to complete analytical reviews.

• Coordinating and validating deferred consideration and contingent consideration valuations.

• Ensure adherence to Group Accounting and Reporting policies

Business Partnering & Collaboration

• Central point of contact for any statutory finance / reporting related matters across the division, with the expectation that you will support the Divisional Leadership team with adhoc requests from time to time.

• Collaborate with local regional and/or country controllers and Group accountants to resolve intercompany discrepancies.

• Build strong working relationships with the Divisional Leadership Group, Group Finance, Treasury, Tax, and Legal & Compliance teams.

Liquidity management:

• Monitor cash positions across division and forecast short- and long-term cash requirements, along with cash upstreaming targets.

• Support local teams, as well as Group treasury operations and ensure adequate liquidity for business operations.

Taxation:

• Liaise with the tax team to support the development and implementation of the Howden tax strategy.

• Ensuring accurate tax calculations and reporting within OneStream.

Finance Transformation & Operations:

• Identification of tactical and strategic priorities to improve the effectiveness and efficient delivery of finance. This will include mitigations of operational risk in terms of people, processes and platforms.

• Support of delivery of process and system change within Finance.

• Support of Group wide strategic initiatives.

• Support development of central processes in line with strategic direction.

• Documentation of processes and procedures.

• Liaison to UK Central functions in Finance, Tax, Legal.

What are we looking for?

Key Competencies

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.

• Strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS, UK Gaap).

• Highly skilled in data manipulation, analysis and reporting.

• Exposure to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) is beneficial.

• Proactive and adaptable in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative team player.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.

• Self-starter who is comfortable working autonomously and as part of a team, with the ability to identify and lead on new initiatives when necessary.

• Unit4 and OneStream knowledge advantageous.

• Spanish language proficiency to support collaboration with LATAM region.

Professional Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA qualified (or equivalent).

• Post-qualification experience in industry preferred.

• Strong academic background.

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us:

• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new

• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges

• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working .

If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.

Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Howden began in 1994, as just three people and a dog. Now there are 17,000 of us, and we're a leading global insurance group, managing $38bn of premiums for our clients.

Our largest shareholder group is us - the people who work in the business - supported by three long-term, minority growth-equity partners who share our vision to build a business to last, one that will never be sold.

The owner's mindset is something that's embedded in our culture; our people readily take ownership of their decisions, their actions, and their outputs. They're invested in every sense. And we all know that by working together to drive the business forward, everyone will benefit from the extraordinary results we can achieve.