Forensic Accountant

Charles Taylor is a leading global provider of professional services and technology solutions to the insurance industry. We are a profitable, growing organisation that is highly regarded in the insurance industry, employing some of the industry’s ‘best in class’ professionals and technical experts. Our services and solutions support every stage of the insurance lifecycle and every aspect of the insurance operating model, across all major commercial insurance lines as well as technical areas of personal insurance. We serve a diversified blue-chip international customer base that includes national and international insurance companies, mutuals, captives, MGAs, Lloyd's syndicates and reinsurers, along with brokers, distributors and corporate insureds.
Charles Taylor is PE-backed, following a majority investment by Lovell Minnick Partners in January 2020, and has strong ambitions for organic and acquisition-led growth.
Our delivery of high quality, tailored services and solutions to our clients is backed by our core values of support, excellence in people, client partnership, quality of work, entrepreneurship and positive change. We look for employees who exemplify these values to join us and help drive our growth.
For more information, please visit www.charlestaylor.com
The Role
The Charles Taylor Accounting Services (CTAS) is a division of Charles Taylor Adjusting that provides independent financial analysis to insurers and reinsurers to ensure claims are accurately quantified and resolved. The CTAS team also provides litigation support / expert witness services in the area of economic loss assessments, financial investigations and business valuations which are used in various legal disputes.
The services offered by the CTAS team include:
Business interruption;
Crime & fidelity;
Class actions;
Cyber;
Event cancellation;
Liability and third-party claims;
Product contamination and recall;
Litigation support; and
Quantification of stock losses.
This role involves providing forensic accounting and financial support to insurance and legal clients to support decision making processes for settlements of insurance losses or litigation. This is an entry level role into forensic accounting and will therefore involve working closely with senior members of the CTAS team
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
Partner with clients to gain an in depth understanding of their business
Investigate, manage and assess claims in accordance with insurance policy terms and conditions
Negotiate policy entitlements with Insurers
Undertake detailed financial modelling and prepare expert reports
Identify opportunities to cross sell complimentary Group services
Form and build trusted relationships within the insurance, legal and risk management industries
Required Skills
Is working towards obtaining the CA or CPA qualification
At least 4 years of experience working as a Forensic Accountant servicing insurance or legal clients
Have a bachelor’s degree in accounting / commerce or similar degree.
Demonstrated experience using Excel to analyse financial information
Demonstrated prior experience in report writing
Is a self-starter, can work autonomously, and also in a small team
Has an eye for detail and quality
Enjoys business development activity and networking with a wide spectrum of clients
Holds excellent written and verbal communication skills
Possess strong stakeholder management and customer service mindset
Apart from the skills above, you will need to have the right to live and work in Australia.
Adhoc duties
As requested by your Line Manager or other management staff, the Job Holder will perform reasonable ad hoc duties within the Job Holder’s capabilities.
Values
The role holder is expected to demonstrate and act as a role model in relation to Charles Taylor’s six Values, by:
ensuring a Supportive Environment
upholding Excellence in People
focusing on Partnership with Clients
delivering High quality Work
promoting Group-wide Entrepreneurship; and
having an Appetite for Change.
Why join Charles Taylor
We are very proud of the fact that nine out of ten of our people recommend Charles Taylor as a place to work. We pride ourselves on having a positive work environment where our people are empowered to make the best decisions and where learning is valued highly and shared across our business.
We are very committed to ensuring our people are given continuous learning and development. As well as structured induction programmes and job training, we provide study support for relevant professional qualifications and have a Core Learning & Development Curriculum.
Charles Taylor is a fun and inclusive place to work where people are truly valued and encouraged to enjoy a host of social activities available.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Charles Taylor, we are proud to be an Inclusive Employer. We provide an environment of mutual respect with zero tolerance to discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
Our external partnerships and the work we do to promote a transparent and fair recruitment and selection process contribute to the successful, inclusive and diverse culture and environment which we are proud to be a part of at Charles Taylor.
Base salary: $95,000 to $100,000 + Super