- Essential: Insurance financial reporting leadership
- £100k – £130k + decent package
- City of London with flexible working WFH
Pear Talent is representing an international Financial Services business who are looking for a Head of Group Financial Reporting to lead a team delivering all key financial and regulatory reporting, whilst working closely with the Group FC, CFO and Board to improve financial management and strategic decision making.
Key accountabilities:
- You’ll have significant day-to-day interaction with Group and business unit Exec (incl. Group CFO/CEO) and regular interaction with the Group’s auditors
- You’ll work closely with the Investor Relations team refining the Group’s messaging and will have significant interaction with the business units, FP&A, treasury and other functions
- Lead a multi site team and own delivery of the Group’s full and half year consolidated financial statements for shareholders and analysts on an IFRS and SII basis, ensuring consistency between the consolidated figures and both the Annual Report and Analyst Pack
- Actively challenge the status-quo of current processes and systems, exploring any potential improvements and ensuring that a robust control environment is in place
- Follow developments in external reporting and industry best practice, ensuring these are correctly interpreted and implemented
- Partner with all elements of the business on complex transactions and accounting issues
Required experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with significant post-qualified experience gained in Insurance
- Proven track record of managing significant external financial reporting processes ideally under IFRS and Solvency II
- Ability to quickly gain credibility at senior levels within the business and demonstrate both first class project management and communication skills
- Able to work effectively across departments and experience of managing multi-location teams
- Strong presentation skills and people skills, good influencer
- Candidates directly from Insurance Audit will also be considered
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