Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist

Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in managing financial relationships within a leading global reinsurance brokerage?

Gallagher Re is seeking an Accounts Payable/ Receivables Specialist to join our Asia Pacific team. Based in Ipswich, this role involves daily interaction with colleagues in London, Mumbai, our Asia regional offices, as well as our clients and carriers. We are looking for Facultative reinsurance experience for this position.

If you are seeking a new opportunity within a growing collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you!

How You'll Make An Impact

• Ensure the efficient, and auditable handling of client monies.
• Lead the fiscal relationship for designated clients, acting as the main point of contact for all payment-related matters.
• Service accounts to a high standard, ensuring timely collection and payment of monies due to/from clients, reinsurers, and third parties.
• Use management information (MI) to identify debtor-related issues, escalating and negotiating as necessary to resolve.
• Process incoming cash daily.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with assigned clients, reinsurers, and third parties.
• Adhere to standardised Group policies and procedures, including Accounting and Settlement fundamentals, sanctions touch points, and other regulatory requirements.
  
  

About You

• Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent.
• CII qualifications or studying towards them would be beneficial.
• Experience in reinsurance or credit control is required.
• Familiarity with broking systems.
• Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to coordinate and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a willingness to learn and grow.
• Strong relationship-building skills with clients and brokers.
• Good time management skills.
• Eligibility to work in the UK
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
  
  

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…
  
  

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.