Head of Finance - Insurance - 15 month FTC

I am pleased to be supporting my client in the recruitment of a Head of Finance on a 15 month FTC. The role is based in London but will be heading up the European Finance team. You will have circa 10 direct reports. I am seeking a candidate with experience in Insurance ideally London market (Lloyd's broking). Ideally you will be immediately available or on a short notice period.

Role overview:

• Member of European Exec Committee
• Leading team of c10 people – finance business partners and management accountants, based in London.
• Country CFOs have dotted line into this role – (5 countries)
• Manage the annual budget, half-yearly forecast and 5 year plan process for the Europe region – including production and distribution of templates, review and challenge to divisional and regional leaders.
• Work closely with the Europe COO and CEO to help the region deliver on strategic objectives Responsible for Europe P&L reporting and variance analysis
• Work as part of International Finance Leadership group to deliver on finance strategic objectives, including roll-out of new global ledger across European entities and successfully managing continued transition of work to off-shore team based in India
• Provide strategic analysis, input and challenge to European Exec team to grow revenue and improve margin
• Work closely with International FP&A team and International Financial Control team to ensure accurate and timely month-end close and monthly KPIs

Experience:

• Significant experience in a HoF role within Insurance broking
• Strategic thinking
• Excels in building relationships
• Experience of leading international finance teams
• Experience of board-level presentations and reporting
• Proven ability to drive changes and implement new policies / processes
• Demonstrate ability to work well as a team
• Experience of working in a high paced deadline driven environment
• Financial Services experience essential and Insurance broking experience beneficial
• Experience in a variety of roles in a finance function- statutory, management, tax, treasury