Who are we?
Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.
With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.
Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".
Role overview
Join our small and dynamic finance team in a pivotal role as an Insurance Finance Specialist. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage in a diverse range of finance activities, providing exposure to various aspects of financial reporting and operations for our UK Office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Insurance P&L Management: Direct experience in insurance market P&L management.
- General Ledger and Financial Reporting: Populate General Ledger and contribute to monthly and quarterly financial reporting.
- Technical Accounting: Prepare, post, and reconcile technical entries for premiums, reinsurance , commissions, and claims.
- Data Quality Management: Address data quality issues and ensure timely resolution.
- Reconciliation and Reporting: Prepare monthly P&L and balance sheet reconciliations, assist in financial report production.
- Financial Close Processes: Support month and quarter-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Requirements:
Qualifications & Skills:
- Qualified ACA or equivalent with insurance finance experience.
- Good to have : Sage proficiency
- Strong technical accounting skills and advanced Excel proficiency.
- Good to have : Familiarity with Solvency II reporting and process-oriented mindset.
Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Comfortable with change and ambiguity, agile and flexible mindset and deliver on multiple priorities within a small team.
Interview process
- Screening interview with Talent recruiter
- Manager interview with UK Chief Finance Officer & UK HR Manager
- Senior executive interview with Chief Risk Officer & Chief Actuary
- Cross interview with central Accounting function (Chief Accounting & tax & Insurance Accountant)
- HR interview with Head of Talent or VP People & Culture
Positive energy, agility, and team spirit are essential to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!
You have the Wakam mindset? Join us!
More about us
Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!
Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!
What we are looking for ?
Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:
- Think big
- Biased for action
- Curious and eager to learn
- Can say no and find solutions
- Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
- And above all: have fun working together 🤜🤛 !
- Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
- With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
- Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
- Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program.
- Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you'll find out by yourself 😉)
At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.
