- Contract: 6 months
- Essential – Insurance experience (GI)
- £115,000 – £130,000 + package/benefits
- City of London – WFH
Pear Talent is representing an Insurance business who are looking for an Interim Head of Financial Reporting & Projects for 6mths+ to lead a team through year-end delivering all key financial and regulatory reporting, supporting on technical accounting matters and get involved with several key finance projects improving processes and systems.
Key accountabilities:
- Own and lead the delivery of all core statutory financial (IFRS) and regulatory reporting, providing high-quality financial analysis, commentary and disclosures.
- Significant day-to-day interaction with senior management Group FC/CFO internally, as well as managing the external audit relationship.
- Manage, lead and motivate a team of x8.
- Attend regular meetings with the CFO to discuss financial results.
- Produce technical accounting papers, including papers to evaluate financial reporting requirements and impacts of significant transactions.
- Actively challenge the status-quo of current processes and systems, exploring any potential improvements.
- Partner with all elements of the business on complex transactions and accounting issues.
- Continuous engagement with other functions such as the Treasury, Tax, Legal and M&A teams on specific projects or transactions.
Required experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with significant post-qualified experience gained in General Insurance essential
- Proven track record of managing external financial reporting processes under IFRS and advising on technical accounting principles
- 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
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