Senior Accountant

Overview of the Role

This position sits within the QBE Capital Finance team in Bermuda and plays a key role in delivering high-quality financial control and Group reporting. You will be responsible for quarterly IFRS submissions to QBE Group, while maintaining robust balance sheet governance and ensuring accuracy across a complex reporting environment.

Working closely with the Group Accounting team, the role offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to contribute to process improvements within a global insurance business.

This is a full-time, office-based position in Bermuda (no remote working). The role involves regular collaboration with international teams, including those in Australia, and will require occasional flexibility in working hours during peak reporting periods.

Your New Role:

• Support month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Group reporting requirements

• Prepare and review journals, accruals, and intercompany eliminations with appropriate supporting documentation

• Perform detailed analytical reviews of P&L and balance sheet movements, investigating and resolving variances

• Own and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items

• Maintain and enhance financial controls in line with internal control frameworks

• Support internal and external audit processes, including managing audit requests and providing high-quality evidence

• Assist in statutory, regulatory, and Group reporting, including submissions to the Bermuda Monetary Authority

• Support intercompany reconciliations and investigate discrepancies across global entities

• Contribute to capital, treasury, and investment accounting activities

• Identify process improvements and support finance transformation and automation initiatives

About You:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with 5+ years post-qualified experience

• Strong experience in IFRS reporting and financial control, ideally within insurance or reinsurance

• Background in insurance/reinsurance preferred; Big 4/practice candidates also considered

• Proven experience in balance sheet reconciliations, governance, and financial reporting

• Strong analytical and Excel skills; experience with Oracle Fusion, HFM or similar tools advantageous

• Confident communicator with the ability to work across global teams and different time zones, with flexibility during key reporting periods

Benefits

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.  We offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!    

Awards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025:   Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Winner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re, Winner: ESG, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year, Winner: Insurance Personality of the Year - Chris Wallace, Executive Director UK insurance

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year 

• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer 

• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

To learn more about our achievements, click here  

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.