Business Interruption Forensic Accountant

Job ID: MAMCGLOBALR EXTERNALENGLOBALRequisition: R_ Company: MarshLocation: London, United KingdomEmployment type: RegularCategory: ConsultingIndustry: Real EstateSalary: Posted:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our UK Claims Consulting team within Marsh Advisory as a Forensic Accountant specifically within the Business Interruption Practice.

Our Claims Consulting team is a global collective of accountants, lawyers, loss adjusters, and insurance professionals dedicated to helping clients successfully resolve complex and large insurance claims. In this role, you will lead and support a range of claims preparation and pre-loss review assignments, providing specialist financial analysis, policy review and recommendations, and insight to help clients navigate challenging claim situations.

We will count on you to:

• Advise clients in the immediate aftermath of catastrophic losses, delivering practical guidance and exceptional client service in fast-moving situations.
• Lead and support the quantification and presentation of significant and complex insurance claims and related financial projects across a range of industry sectors.
• Negotiate with insurers and Loss Adjusters to help resolve coverage issues to achieve fair and agreeable settlements for clients.
• Undertake pre-loss Business Interruption and cyber reviews to stress-test policy cover, model worst case loss scenarios, identify potential exposures and assist our clients in ensuring their cover is adequate and responds as expected.
• Mentor junior colleagues and promote a collaborative and positive working environment for the wider team.

What you need to have:

• A professional accounting or loss adjusting qualification (such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CILA or equivalent), with substantial claims experience, including Business Interruption.

• Proven experience working in the insurance sector, in a claims, forensic accounting, or advisory environment.

• A proactive, collaborative, and dedicated approach to managing your workload and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly explain complex insurance issues.

What makes you stand out?

• Working knowledge of Business Interruption coverage options and policy wording, with experience in both pre-loss and post-loss, across a wide range of industries.
• A brilliant attitude, with a strong willingness to learn, contribute, and build a successful career in the insurance industry.

Why join our team:

• This is an opportunity to join the world’s largest major loss and complex claims preparation team. Marsh Advisory sits alongside the core insurance broking business and provides strategic and operational risk advice to the world's largest companies.
• We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment.
• Competitive Benefits Package including: 27 days annual leave, up to 4 days flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.
• Generous Family Leave including: 6 months paid maternity leave, 4 months paid paternity leave, 6 months paid adoption leave plus shared parental leave options. To help ease the transition when you return to work you will be able to work 8 weeks at 80% of your normal work pattern and receive 100% of your normal salary.
• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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