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Senior Finance Manager Insurance

High Finance (UK) Limited T/A HFG
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 17 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A US Property & Casualty insurer is seeking an experienced Finance Manager for their London team, offering a competitive salary.
  • The role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, with strong technical insurance accounting knowledge essential.
  • Responsibilities include overseeing the financial close process, maintaining a strong general ledger, and managing two direct reports.
  • Candidates should have a background in audit and be qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.
  • This leadership position also involves engaging with business partners to develop financial analyses and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

A US Property & Casualty insurer with a strong reputation is looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join their London based team. This is a leadership role within a dynamic finance function that will offer succession planning to current senior management. This role will oversee the financial close process for the London Market business whilst overseeing two direct reports. You will be responsible for maintaining a strong general ledger and control framework.

  • Compile, review, and analyze complex financial data for variance analysis, reporting, and accuracy to interpret and present on trends.
  • Leverage business perspectives to develop robust financial analyses with a focus on key performance metrics (i.e. production, profitability, expense management, staffing).
  • Accountable for the overall development and creation of financial/business plan, budget, and forecasts.
  • Engage with business partners and functional partners in order to develop strong analyses and financial plans.
  • Conduct an insightful and complete review and approve internal management based financial reporting for complete and consistent results within corporate policies and standards.
  • Conduct an insightful and complete review for external financial statements
  • Develop, perform, and certify financial controls in accordance with SOx requirements.
  • Review complex documentation to support internal and external audits with heavy interaction with internal and external auditors.
  • Monitor and maintain compliance with various financial external regulatory requirements and internal accounting policies.
  • Lead projects that analyze and implement complex business and financial regulatory changes relating to financial reporting, such as reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, etc.

They are looking for a candidate with strong technical insurance accounting knowledge (essential for the role), and experience in managing a team, g as well as a good grasp of general ledger and financial controls. A background in audit with strong technical expertise would also be suitable (insurance still required). A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is preferred, but we will also consider candidates who are qualified by experience.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.