- Essential: Financial Reporting leadership + Financial Services (Insurance adv.)
- £100,000-120,000 + package
- Location: London, flexible hybrid WFH 3-4 days
Pear Talent is representing a Financial Services business who have an excellent senior leadership opportunity for a Financial Controller reporting to the CFO. You’ll lead a team in the UK and Europe with ownership for all core financial reporting, FP&A and business performance management. This is a critical senior leadership appointment with regular interaction at both country and Group Exec, as well as an extensive business partnering content in order to understand and improve business performance.
You’ll have responsibility for leading complex financial, regulatory and management reporting, business financial performance management and FP&A, as well as ensuring robust financial controls and adherence to technical accounting developments. It’s important that this person is used to partnering with senior stakeholders, managing external relationships (ie Auditors), as well as leading, developing and motivating teams. Additional experience leading organisational, operational or cultural change and transformation would be an advantage.
Required experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with post-qualified experience gained in FS (ideally Insurance).
- Candidates from the Big4 FS/Insurance audit teams at a Senior Manager/Director level also considered
- Proven track record of managing teams across financial, regulatory and management reporting, as well as FP&A.
- Comfortable leading engagement with auditors and Board/Exec stakeholders.
- Ability to quickly gain credibility at senior levels within the business and demonstrate both first class project management and communication skills.
- Able to liaise effectively across departments (Finance, IT, Risk, Tax, Treasury etc).
- Strong presentation skills and people skills, good influencer.
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