Reinsurance Protection Assistant Accountant

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (24 months)

Hiring Manager: Becky Groves

Closing Date:20th November 2026

Location: This role can be based in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London or Telford. Hybrid working, with time spent at home and in the office.

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Salary and benefits: £32k – £38k depending on experience plus an indicative bonus range 8%-16%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

We have an exciting opportunity to join Standard Life as a Reinsurance Protection Assistant Accountant, supporting an important area of our Finance function.

As a member of the Reinsurance Protection team within the Standard Life Group Accounting Operations Centre, you will report to the Reinsurance Protection Senior Accountant and contribute to the accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting of reinsurance protection arrangements. You will work collaboratively with the Senior Accountant and colleagues across the team, taking responsibility for allocated processes and deliverables, understanding stakeholder needs, supporting the on-going delivery of robust, effective and efficient operational finance processes and controls, balancing competing priorities on different pieces of work in challenging timescales and ensuring a continually high quality of output. The role will focus on supporting the calculation of and accounting for reinsurance premiums and claims which will involve analysing large volumes of data within Microsoft Excel and use of Access as well as supporting accounting and payment processes

What are we looking for?

• Part-qualified ACCA or CIMA
• Relevant financial accounting experience within financial services, insurance or reinsurance.
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience investigating and resolving accounting, reconciliation or operational issues.
• Experience with finance systems, such as SAP or Oracle, together with Excel skills; experience using Access or Power BI

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

• LI-MJ1