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Accountant

Date Posted: 21/07/2025

Location: London

Job Type: Full time

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Who are Just?

We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing FTSE 250 company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

About the role

We are are looking for an Accountant to support the financial reporting for the trading subsidiaries within the Just Group, specifically life and lifetime mortgage companies.

In this role, you will assist with the monthly close process for financial reporting, ensuring that financial reports are accurately prepared, timely, appropriately reconciled, and thoroughly analyzed.

You will also ensure adherence to group accounting policies and support the Financial Reporting Manager in delivering high-quality financial reports and analysis to the Head of Corporate Reporting, management, and third parties.

Responsibilities

  • Preparation of Financial Statements: Own the preparation of financial statements (statutory annual report and return) for life and lifetime mortgage companies.

  • Support IFRS 17 Reporting Processes: Manage and reconcile the finance feed to provide the Actuarial engine with accounting data for monthly IFRS 17 reporting.

  • Analytical Review and IFRS 17 Disclosure: Conduct analytical reviews for life and lifetime mortgage companies and prepare IFRS 17 disclosures.

  • Regulatory Returns: Own the preparation of regulatory returns for ABI and ONS and provide necessary data to Compliance for FCA returns.

  • Journal Preparation: Prepare IFRS 17-related journals and other journals as needed for financial reporting.

  • External Audit Assistance: Assist in external audits by preparing required schedules and data, and responding to auditor queries.

  • Financial Reporting Tool Implementation and Improvement Initiatives: Support the implementation of financial reporting tools and other improvement initiatives.

Skills & Experience

  • Professional Accountancy Qualification (e.g. ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)

  • Relevant experience in life insurance essential

  • Experience in IFRS insurance accounting and reporting is essential

  • Good knowledge of financial analysis and controls

  • Strong problem-solving and proactive resolution skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication

  • Attention to detail

Company Benefits

  • A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

  • Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday

  • Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case

  • A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets

  • Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company

  • FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)

  • A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal

  • Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Why Just?

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you.  You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

We’re committed to building a more sustainable business, and we’re working hard to make progress against our Net Zero targets. We're reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in our offices, switching to more sustainable sources of energy and we're investing more of our money in green and social assets.


Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.

 Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Just.

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