Accounts Assistant (12 months FTC)

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Fenchurch Street, London, Greater London, England
Junior
Insurance
The Role
The Accounts Assistant will manage the purchase ledger, resolve invoice queries, ensure timely payment of invoices, create and maintain supplier accounts, assist with expense processing, and prepare bank reconciliations while maintaining banking procedures and monitoring expenses.
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Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.
Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Record all invoices within the purchase ledger.
  • Resolve all invoice related queries.
  • Ensure all invoices are settled within the relevant payment terms.
  • Create new supplier accounts within the purchase ledger.
  • Maintain and update purchase ledger procedures as necessary.
  • Assist with expense processing including those via Concur.
  • Processing and payment of other credit card expenses.
  • Recording of bank transactions within the ledger.
  • Preparation of bank reconciliations.
  • Assist with the monitoring of bank balances.
  • Preparing payments and obtaining the relevant sign-off.
  • Maintain and update banking procedures as necessary.
  • Generate the relevant journals and payments for SMI & Settled Direct Claims.
  • Generate the relevant journals for intercompany and foreign exchange postings.
  • To assist with the monitoring of expenses within Concur.

Experience

  • 1 - 2 years’ relevant experience.

Skills

  • Analytical thinking;
  • Advanced numeracy;
  • Good communicator;
  • Good level of self-management;
  • High personal standards of work;
  • Self-motivated; and
  • Attention to detail. 

Systems & IT

  • Microsoft Office:  Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook;
  • Barclays on-line banking;
  • Sun Systems; and
  • Concur. 

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

Top Skills

MS Office
The Company
HQ: New York, New York
2,935 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1919

What We Do

Starr Insurance is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.

Starr has the global knowledge, vision and relationships to help your company succeed, anywhere you do business.

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