Join RSA and make a difference every day.

At RSA and we empower our customers to make a difference in their lives. And the same goes for our employees.

We have offices in Belfast, Galway, and Dublin, where we’ve embraced hybrid working and empower our people to work flexibly to suit their needs and those of our customers. Our Dublin office is also home to our sister-company 123.ie.

Our diverse customer base benefits from the diverse perspectives of our teams that serve them, solving complex problems with creative ideas.

As proud member of the Intact family, we’re part of something bigger with a presence in North America, the UK, and Europe. Our business has grown organically and through acquisitions to over $20 billion of total annual premiums. 

We want you to succeed with us and grow with us – and we’ll give you the tools, flexibility and learning opportunities you need to do it. 

And, if you bring your best, then we promise to give you, our best.

 

Culture and Community

RSA is a purpose-driven business – our purpose is to ‘help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times, and be resilient in bad times’.

We do that by living our values – Integrity, Respect, Customer-driven, Excellence, and Generosity – in everything that we do.

We provide an open and honest workplace – where everybody contributes, and every view is listened-to and respected.

Generosity is in our DNA and is the value that guides and enables our people to help others, protect the environment and make our communities more resilient. It drives our efforts to care for people and to give our time, financial resources, and talent. We’re also committed to helping society adapt to a changing climate taking reasonable care to ensure that our business activities are conducted in an environmentally sustainable manner.

 

Our stats don’t lie… in our annual engagement survey

95% of our people are committed to driving innovation and change

91% of our people celebrate the diversity in their teams and wider company

90% of our people feel safe to share they’ve made a mistake

89% of our people strive to recognise colleagues for the amazing work they do

89% of our people know how their job supports the company’s strategy

 

So, if you want to make a difference every day, we’d love to have you.

 

 

Finance Graduate

This Finance Graduate role will provide you with an excellent opportunity to learn first-hand from a best-in-class Finance team what it takes to be a General Insurance Accountant at RSA Insurance Ireland. General insurance is one of the fastest growing finance sectors due to the continuous identification of new risks requiring insurance in this growing digital global market e.g., cyber risk, autonomous vehicles, telematics etc

Our Finance Strategy is to “Drive Insights through Numbers” as we complete our journey to be Best in Class.  The successful candidate will work within the Finance team working towards this strategy and will include exposure to financial control, financial reporting, financial analysis, and Insurance tax.

As a finance placement student, you will be trained on how to complete certain processes, which will evolve into other processes as you learn and grow as a Finance professional. You will have the opportunity to work with different teams within Finance including, Reporting, Analysis and Tax teams. You will also have the opportunity to work with other teams including Finance Operations & Credit Control, Finance Business Partners, Actuarial, Underwriting and Claims.

You will report to the Head of Financial Operations and the Credit Control Manager. Your role will include the following:

Key Responsibilities

• Monthly/Quarterly reporting cycles including completion of processes and controls, posting of journals to the General ledger, and variance analysis.
• Be part of the Annual reporting cycle through completion of processes,
• Financial analysis tasks including debtor analysis.
• Assist with cash management initiatives, including forecast analysis and cashflow planning.
• Engage with the various teams across the business in the management of balance sheet queries, which will assist with your training and progress with exam preparation.

You will have the opportunity to interact with other employees in various areas and levels in the organisation. You will also be assigned a mentor to help ensure that your placement is positive and enjoyable.

 

Further information

What is a Finance Graduate Role with RSA like?  

• Location 
  • Hybrid office working
  • Dublin or Galway office
• Support within Finance Functions                                                
  • Assigned a mentor
  • On the job training
  • Exposure to widely used financial systems
  • Formal training sessions   
  • Knowledge Sharing Days  
• Exposure from early stage to senior management           
  • Clear visibility of the work you do driving change in the business
  • Collaboration with other areas of the business
     
• Sports and Social Club  
  • Tag Rugby, Rock Climbing, Five-a-side
  • Table Quiz, Cocktail Making Class
  • Summer BBQ. Christmas Party 
             
• Part of a large Finance team            
  • Part of a large Finance function with a local CFO, Financial Controller, Head of Finance Operations, Head of Finance Business Partnering, Financial Control Leader, Finance Managers, and their teams. 
  • Part of a wider organisation of > 600 employees across 3 locations in Ireland (Dublin, Galway, and Belfast).
     
• Benefits
  • 25 days holidays pro rata + 3 additional company days
  • Discount on Home and Motor Insurance
  • Company Bonus
  • Flex Benefits

 

Requirements:  

• Degree in Finance or Business
• Previous experiences within finances background in an advantage  
• Looking to purpose a career in accounting

 

Regulatory Requirements:

• If this role is defined as a "controlled function" by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Regulations 2011. Any appointment will be conditional on the company being satisfied that you meet the requirements as set out in the Fitness & Probity standards issued in this Act.

 

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC and its affiliate companies consider applicants on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status