Financial Controller - AICL in London

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Key Accountabilities

• Oversee month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring journals, reconciliations, review controls and reporting timetables are completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain ownership of the general ledger, ensuring financial records are complete, accurate and appropriately supported.
• Review financial results, including variance analysis against plan, prior year and prior period, ensuring key movements are understood and clearly explained.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly management reporting, close packages and supporting analysis under both FRS 102 and IFRS 17.
• Lead Group, local entity and management reporting for AICL, producing supporting schedules, analysis and commentary on financial performance and position.
• Provide finance inputs and analysis for regulatory reporting, ensuring consistency with accounting records, reporting assumptions and entity-level review.
• Manage statutory financial statement production under FRS 102, coordinating inputs, reviews and audit deliverables through to completion.
• Act as the key contact for internal and external auditors on entity reporting matters, resolving queries and ensuring supporting evidence is clear, complete and timely.
• Lead, coach and develop team members, ensuring high-quality outputs, strong technical capability and adherence to financial control standards.
• Maintain and strengthen the financial control environment, including governance documentation, control remediation activities and review of work prepared by others.
• Build effective relationships across finance and business functions, deliver process improvements, and support finance transformation and change initiatives.
• Comply with Health & Safety, Conduct Risk and other applicable company policies and regulatory requirements.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Insurance or reinsurance industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of FRS 102 and IFRS 17.
• Desired: Experience with regulatory reporting and Solvency II.
• Exposure to finance transformation and reporting system change projects.
• Experience supporting financial reporting and oversight within an MGA or delegated authority operating model.

Skills & Demonstrable Experience

• Significant experience within the UK insurance or reinsurance sector, including responsibility for legal entity reporting, financial control and governance.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly FRS 102, together with experience of IFRS 17, statutory accounts preparation and regulatory reporting.
• Proven analytical capability, including interpretation of financial results, variance analysis and the delivery of clear, insightful commentary to senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, balance sheet reconciliations, governance and audit requirements, ensuring accounts are appropriately supported and evidenced.
• Experience managing month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Underwriting, Actuarial, Claims, Reinsurance, Tax, Treasury, Group Finance and external auditors.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing others, maintaining high standards of accuracy, control and continuous improvement through effective review and challenge.
• Advanced Excel and finance systems skills, with a track record of enhancing reporting processes, strengthening controls and delivering results in a deadline-driven environment.

At Antares, we empower our talented team members through active involvement and collaboration, driving strategic and business goals whilst delivering exceptional services to our customers and partners. Our unique organisational structure fosters unparalleled sharing of information, knowledge and expertise, creating a vibrant and innovative working environment. Our culture of excellence is fuelled by continuous learning and development opportunities across all areas of our international operations. We believe in nurturing your potential and helping you grow with us.

Why Antares?

• Empowerment: Be a part of decision-making processes that shape our future.
• Collaboration: Work with a diverse team of experts who share their knowledge and insights.
• Growth: Access to continuous learning and development programs to enhance your skills.
• Innovation: Thrive in an environment that encourages creativity and forward-thinking.

Join us and be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your professional journey. Together, we can achieve greatness!