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About CNA Hardy
At CNA Hardy, great people don’t just join us - they grow with us, lead with purpose, and help shape the future of our business and the industry. We exist to help businesses navigate an unpredictable world and we do that through the expertise, integrity, and commitment of our people. Every role contributes to protecting businesses, livelihoods, and communities, giving our people the opportunity to make a meaningful and visible impact.
The Role
We are currently hiring for a Senior Accountant in our London office to deliver high-quality technical and regulatory reporting while driving continuous improvements across financial systems and processes.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Monthly reporting delivery: Own the production of Lloyd’s underwriting results, including premiums and claims, ensuring accurate posting to the general ledger.
- Financial control & governance: Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations and support the ongoing enhancement of SOX-compliant financial controls.
- Data analysis & insight: Analyse complex financial and underwriting data across systems to validate performance and resolve discrepancies.
- Systems & process improvement: Develop SQL queries and leverage tools such as Power BI to enhance reporting efficiency and data quality.
- Regulatory reporting: Lead the preparation of quarterly Lloyd’s and European regulatory returns and support statutory reporting and audit requirements.
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What We’re Looking For
- Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, or equivalent, with experience in insurance or a Lloyd’s market environment.
- Insurance knowledge: Strong understanding of premiums, claims, reserves, and reporting cycles within a multi-entity framework.
- Technical expertise: Advanced Excel and SQL skills, with experience working across financial systems and data warehouses.
- Analytical mindset: Ability to interrogate large datasets, identify issues, and deliver practical solutions.
- Stakeholder management: Confident communicator, able to collaborate across finance, actuarial, underwriting, and IT teams.
Why Join CNA Hardy?
Our workplace is dynamic, challenging, and ever-evolving; here your voice matters and you can make a difference. We celebrate individuality and inclusivity, ensuring everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to share ideas and perspectives.
Our employees and their families are important to us. That’s why we offer flexible hybrid working and a competitive compensation and benefits package. We also invest in your growth through learning, mentoring, and clear development pathways, recognizing and rewarding performance and the behaviors that drive success. We recognize that the development of skills and experiences is crucial for our people to achieve their aspirations and reach their full potential.
The Company
CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We offer a highly specialized and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market-leading products. Coverage is available to businesses of all sizes for domestic, international, and global exposures.
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Writing across both company and Lloyd's platforms offers our brokers the flexibility to find the best solution for their clients in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Our clients trust us because we understand the risks they face. Our teams on the ground have the local expertise and authority to provide fast, effective solutions for our clients across our network of dedicated offices in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK (Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and London).
Whether it’s our expert underwriters, risk control engineers, claims managers, or international solutions team, we work in partnership with our brokers to deliver our highly-specialized and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market-leading products in response to emerging exposures and ever-changing needs.
CNA Hardy is part of CNA Financial Corp, one of the largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance companies. Trusted for more than 125 years, CNA provides a broad range of standard and specialized insurance products and services for over 1 million businesses and professionals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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