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Aon is looking for a Senior Forensic Accountant

As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower better decisions for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions as part of our Aon Global Risk Consulting business group. The Claims Preparation, Advocacy and Valuation (CPAV) team in the United Kingdom have an opportunity for an experienced accountant / financial consultant to join our growing team. With over 150 colleagues worldwide, CPAV is responsible for managing business interruption losses across a multitude of insurance lines, predominately PDBI and Cyber.

The role will be to calculate business interruption losses, exposures, and prepare complex claims submissions on behalf of Aon Commercial Risk Clients, who have suffered from an insurable event.
Key aspects of the roles & responsibilities include:

• Work with clients to formulate the most appropriate business interruption calculation methodology.
• Analysis of client financial data, statistical data, and supporting documentation.
• Quantify business interruption losses and exposures.
• Collating, allocating and supporting all items of expenditure to substantiate the claim in accordance with the terms of the policy.
• Compiling interim claim submissions through to a final submission with a negotiated settlement.
• Presenting the claim with calculations to clients, insurers, and third party advisors.
• Creating demonstrable executive summaries explaining the methodologies implemented.
• Supporting the claims process through to successful settlement and closure.
• Liaising with clients, insurers, loss adjusters and other third parties involved.
• In addition, providing Aon clients with pre-loss business interruption assessments of their property programmes.
• Experience in specialist insurance lines, i.e. cyber, energy, power; a plus.
• Responsibility for working in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the Aon UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.

Additionally, as a forensic accountant, you will be expected to contribute to the practice group's growth strategy including:

• Developing and implementing strategies to expand relationships with internal and external clients of the firm.
• Understanding client and market trends to expand the teams service offering.
• Testing out innovative strategies to improve the team or client experience.
• Possessing positive continuous relationships within the loss adjusting and claims industry.
• Assisting in driving forward key initiatives of leadership.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 7+ years' experience as a qualified loss adjuster, forensic accountant, financial auditor, insolvency, claims consultant or equivalent;
• Experience with multinational clients or commercial lines;
• Financial accounting background;
• Strong project management, communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Strong policy interpretation, and technical insurance skills a plus;
• Strong client advocacy skills;
• Effective communication of information for explaining technical concepts;
• Ability to work interpersonally with various project, internal, and client teams;
• Ability to effectively network;
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes at short notice;
• Languages preferred;
• MS Office proficiency essential.

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