Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Salary: £60,000-£65,000

Location: Manchester (hybrid)

Duration: Permanent

Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit a Finance Manager for a growing and dynamic services company based in Manchester. This profitable division is part of a listed and world leading organisation which has gone from strength to strength.

The company has seen significant growth over the past few years and will now be looking to further advance through organic growth as well as via acquisitions. This role is available at an exciting time and the successful candidate will play a major part in supporting the Head of Financial Reporting in delivering effective monitoring and reporting of the company's capital position. The role includes delivery of Solvency II reporting, ORSA and Capital Planning.

General responsibilities include:-

Act as line manager to the Capital Reporting team including 1-2-1s and performance management. Provide leadership to the team in order to:

• Ensure effective monitoring of the company's capital position under Solvency II and ORSA.
• Deliver timely and accurate regulatory reporting
• Act as the key contact for the external audit of Solvency II.
• Prepare and collate information for the quarterly Finance, Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee.
• Support the Head of Financial Reporting, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Underwriting Officer in providing capital and financial information
• Provide strong input into the forward looking capital modelling contained in the Own Risk and Solvency Report (ORSA) including risk and scenario selection and calculation of capital requirements.
• Ensure the implementation of appropriate financial controls over capital and external reporting including acting as the first sign-off in the Internal Control System.
• Deliver well understood and controlled implementation of accounting standard and regulatory changes.
• Review existing processes and controls and implement changes with the goal of improving procedures and enhancing automation to improve efficiency whilst ensuring effectiveness of controls.
• Respond to adhoc queries and financial information requests as required.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) coming from a similar role with experience in financial accounting and financial reporting within a financial services or insurance industry business.

You will have up to date knowledge of IFRS, US and UK GAAP accounting standards and Solvency II, coupled with good leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and support teams across finance where you will build positive relationships with teams and leaders across the business to work collaboratively.

If you consider yourself to be a committed, career driven professional who can demonstrate the above experience and who would welcome the stimulus of this commercial finance post then we would be pleased to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership on .

We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

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