A major world-class insurance is now looking for a senior finance manager in their group office. In this role, you would be responsible for providing senior leadership over financial control, accounting standards, regulatory and statutory reporting, and the standardisation of processes across the Central Entities portfolio. The role oversees the end-to-end record-to-report cycle, protects balance sheet quality, manages financial risk, and delivers management reporting. Candidates with finance leadership across multiple entities would be at advantage.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the centralised record-to-report process to ensure quality standards and governance expectations are consistently achieved
- Exercise senior-level oversight of accounting quality, balance sheet integrity and P&L management across the Central Entities portfolio
- Ensure complete, accurate and timely general ledger postings, reconciliations and close deliverables
- Take ownership of statutory, tax, regulatory and board reporting obligations so that all legal and governance requirements are fully met
- Strengthen the overall control framework by defining and embedding policies, procedures, approval authorities and supporting documentation
- Review and approve key financial transactions, journals and reconciliations within delegated limits
- Produce and review high-quality financial reporting packs for entity boards, Group Finance, senior management and other key stakeholders
- Deliver insightful analysis covering performance, balance sheet movements, risks, opportunities and emerging issues to support decision-making
- Support the budget and forecast cycles by supplying timely inputs, variance analysis and coordination with relevant stakeholders
- Coordinate external audits, statutory audits and SOX compliance activities, ensuring requests, accounting matters and control findings are addressed without delay
- Work with auditors, tax advisors, company secretaries, entity directors and internal teams to facilitate timely completion of financial statements and related filings
- Continuously improve finance processes, systems, controls and operating documentation
Key requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field
- Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent) required or strongly preferred
- Additional qualifications in finance, governance, risk management, internal controls or leadership are advantageous
- Minimum 15 years of finance experience with senior leadership for financial control, accounting governance, reporting, audit and compliance
- Proven track record managing complex multi-entity finance operations, preferably in a multinational, regional finance, shared services or insurance/financial services environment
- Hands-on experience leading month-end close, record-to-report, balance sheet governance, statutory reporting, tax compliance, SOX/internal controls and external audits
- Demonstrated ability to engage senior stakeholders including Finance leadership, entity boards, auditors, tax advisors and cross-functional partners
- Experience leading teams, driving process standardisation, strengthening controls and delivering finance transformation or continuous improvement initiatives
