Expense & Treasury Accountant, 3025
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Occupation TypeChartered and certified accountants
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£49,200
(£25.23 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
The Role
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and shape the expense, banking, and financial operations of Hannover Re’s UK Life Branch, as well as its UK service and holding entities. You will take ownership of critical financial processes, drive meaningful operational improvements, and act as a trusted partner to senior leadership across the UK organisation and wider Group.
As a key member of the Finance function, you will provide insight and lead process improvement that support effective decision making. You will also serve as an important bridge between the UK service company and the wider Talanx insurance entities, ensuring seamless communication, alignment, and collaboration across business units.
This is a high visibility role suited to someone who thrives in an environment of accountability, continuous improvement, and cross functional influence.
Duties & Responsibilities
This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and shape the expense, banking, and financial operations of Hannover Re’s UK Life Branch, as well as its UK service and holding entities. You will take ownership of critical financial processes, drive meaningful operational improvements, and act as a trusted partner to senior leadership across the UK organisation and wider Group.
As a key member of the Finance function, you will provide insight and lead process improvement that support effective decision making. You will also serve as an important bridge between the UK service company and the wider Talanx insurance entities, ensuring seamless communication, alignment, and collaboration across business units.
This is a high visibility role suited to someone who thrives in an environment of accountability, continuous improvement, and cross functional influence.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of the expense and banking functions across the UK Branch, UK service and holding company entities, ensuring excellence in accounting, planning, budgeting, and financial operations. Ensure expense and banking transactions are executed accurately, consistently, and in line with control expectations, including appropriate segregation of duties.
- Act as a trusted financial adviser to senior management, providing clear analysis, insightful recommendations, and constructive challenge where required.
- Own the improvement and automation of processes to ensure continuous improvement and efficiency in operations.
- Lead on the timely and accurate production of internal expense reporting.
- Conduct regular reviews of process documentation, and policies to ensure ongoing accuracy and compliance.
- Lead on intercompany recharging for the UK Branch and UK service company including invoicing, intercompany reconciliations and relationship management.
- Deliver expense processes end to end, including annual expense planning, Board and Management reporting, shared service budget collation, and Group service provider recharges.
Qualifications Required:
- Part or newly qualified CA, ACA, or ACCA
- Prior experience in purchase ledger management and treasury operations is beneficial.
- Familiarity with expense forecasting and cost‑allocation methodologies is an advantage.
- Experience within the financial services or insurance sector is desirable and will support effective navigation of the regulatory and operational environment.
Communicating and Influencing
Communicates financial and technical concepts clearly, adapting style and level of detail to the audience. Persuades and influences decisions through evidence‑based narratives, building constructive relationships with stakeholders across the UK Branch and Group
Problem solving and analytical thinking
Breaks down complex issues to identify trends, patterns and interdependencies, using structured analysis to get to root causes. Able to assess risks and propose practical, outcome‑focused solutions.
Delivery and Accountability
Takes ownership for high‑quality, timely deliverables that support Branch objectives and regulatory commitments. Sets clear expectations, welcomes healthy challenge, and follows through so deadlines are consistently met.
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Generates and tests new ideas that simplify processes, reduce manual effort and enhance control. Proactively identifies opportunities to refine tools, data and workflows, embedding a culture of ongoing, frequent improvements.
Developing Capability and Knowledge Sharing
Openly shares knowledge to elevate team capability to ensure key person dependency is reduced as far as possible.
Customer Focus and Business Insight
Builds a nuanced understanding of internal customers’ priorities to shape relevant, value‑adding finance support. Seeks and acts on feedback to improve service quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
Teamwork and Collaboration
Invests in strong, cross‑functional relationships and fosters a positive team culture that values diverse perspectives and skills. Contributes actively in project environments, aligning efforts and information across global counterparts.
Technical and Professional Acumen
Demonstrates strong financial analysis, problem solving and solution design skills, communicating trade offs clearly to technical and non technical audiences; knowledge of SAP finance systems is an advantage. Works effectively in complex, global, project driven settings with clear documentation, transparent governance and shared ownership of outcomes.
Life At Hannover Re UK
Atmosphere
Delivery and Accountability
Takes ownership for high‑quality, timely deliverables that support Branch objectives and regulatory commitments. Sets clear expectations, welcomes healthy challenge, and follows through so deadlines are consistently met.
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Generates and tests new ideas that simplify processes, reduce manual effort and enhance control. Proactively identifies opportunities to refine tools, data and workflows, embedding a culture of ongoing, frequent improvements.
Developing Capability and Knowledge Sharing
Openly shares knowledge to elevate team capability to ensure key person dependency is reduced as far as possible.
Customer Focus and Business Insight
Builds a nuanced understanding of internal customers’ priorities to shape relevant, value‑adding finance support. Seeks and acts on feedback to improve service quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
Teamwork and Collaboration
Invests in strong, cross‑functional relationships and fosters a positive team culture that values diverse perspectives and skills. Contributes actively in project environments, aligning efforts and information across global counterparts.
Technical and Professional Acumen
Demonstrates strong financial analysis, problem solving and solution design skills, communicating trade offs clearly to technical and non technical audiences; knowledge of SAP finance systems is an advantage. Works effectively in complex, global, project driven settings with clear documentation, transparent governance and shared ownership of outcomes.
Life At Hannover Re UK
Atmosphere
: Work in a global team that values innovation, agile decision-making and mutual respect. We challenge convention, encourage open feedback and foster a community where everyone’s voice matters.
Benefits: From structured onboarding to a comprehensive range of benefits, we invest in your well-being every step of the way. Our offerings include health and wellness initiatives, personal and professional development opportunities and a support system designed to help you thrive in all aspects of your growth and daily life.
Prospects: Bring your expertise and curiosity – here, you'll have the space to drive change and own your ideas. We’ll keep you engaged with fresh challenges, mentorship, skill-building opportunities and the freedom to shape your path.
Please submit your application by Friday 27th March, 2026.
Benefits: From structured onboarding to a comprehensive range of benefits, we invest in your well-being every step of the way. Our offerings include health and wellness initiatives, personal and professional development opportunities and a support system designed to help you thrive in all aspects of your growth and daily life.
Prospects: Bring your expertise and curiosity – here, you'll have the space to drive change and own your ideas. We’ll keep you engaged with fresh challenges, mentorship, skill-building opportunities and the freedom to shape your path.
Please submit your application by Friday 27th March, 2026.