By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.
Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies
Certified as a Great Place to Work®
Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance
Forensic Accountant - Energy Insurance Claims
Job Location: London – minimum office attendance 4 days a week
Job Type: Permanent
Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Forensic Accounting Manager in London.
Sedgwick Global Specialty is looking for a qualified accountant to support with major energy losses. The focus of this role is the quantification of business interruption and financial losses for Energy claims. We work closely with global insurers, reinsurers, captives and forensic accountants to resolve complex insurance claims.
As a senior‑level Accountant within our Energy Loss Adjusting business, you will play a key role in delivering robust financial analysis on complex energy‑related claims. You will assist in carrying out detailed forensic assessments of financial losses arising from operational disruption, asset damage, and production or revenue interruption, ensuring all conclusions are accurate, defensible, and well‑evidenced. You will also assist with preparation of property damage schedules.
This is an excellent opportunity for a confident and commercially minded accountant to further their career within a specialist energy loss adjusting environment.
The skills you will have when you apply:
1. Professional Qualification – Possession of a recognised accountancy credential (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA), evidencing technical proficiency and regulatory compliance.
2. Insurance experience - Worked with in the Insurance market ideally or supporting insurers.
3. Analytical Expertise – Capacity to interrogate multifaceted claims, construct defensible financial loss models, and articulate rationale with precision and authority.
4. Sector Specialisation – Power and energy experience or specialisation highly preferred, alongside commercial discernment, linguistic versatility (foreign languages advantageous), and adaptability to dynamic working arrangements, including travel contingent on caseload exigencies.
What we’ll give you for this role:
Remuneration & more
5. Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications
6. A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP)
7. Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
8. Flexible working from our office or your home
Health & support
9. Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions)
10. Life assurance
11. Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing
12. Group Income Protection
Other benefits
13. Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, welling and digital GP applications
14. Discounts on various products and services
This isn't just a position, it's a pivotal role in shaping our industry
At Sedgwick, you won't just build your career; you'll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.
Together, we're not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.
Next steps for you:
Think we'd be a great match? Apply now – we want to hear from you.
As part of our commitment to you, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).
#LI-HYBRID
Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.