Interim Finance Manager 18-month FTC London / Hybrid - 3 days per week £95,000-£110,000
Arthur Financial are partnering with a well established insurance organisation to appoint an Interim Finance Manager during a period of significant business change, merger and acquisition activity. This is a hands on position responsible for protecting business as usual finance delivery while the wider organisation progresses several strategic projects. The successful candidate will work closely with the Financial Controller, CFO, actuarial colleagues and the broader finance team.
Key Responsibilities- Own and oversee the monthly management accounts and reporting pack
- Provide analysis and commentary to support commercial decision making
- Maintain effective month end, quarter end and year end reporting processes
- Support statutory reporting under IFRS and relevant local GAAP
- Coordinate the external audit process and manage key deliverables
- Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet assurance
- Support wider finance projects arising from transformation and M&A activity
- Identify opportunities to improve, automate and streamline finance processes
- Produce high quality financial information for senior stakeholders
- Work closely with finance, actuarial and operational teams
- Develop effective relationships with external stakeholders, including reinsurance partners and brokers
- Provide support across ad hoc technical accounting and reporting matters
- Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Strong accounting experience gained within insurance or reinsurance
- Proven ownership of management accounts and financial reporting
- Good technical knowledge of IFRS and UK/local GAAP
- Experience managing statutory accounts and external audit processes
- Strong analytical, problem solving and stakeholder management capability
- Comfortable working across BAU delivery and project activity simultaneously
- Evidence of improving reporting processes, controls or finance systems
- Able to work independently, manage ambiguity and challenge constructively
- Solvency II or Solvency UK reporting experience
- Reinsurance accounting or recoveries experience
- Exposure to reinsurance contracts from a finance or back office perspective
- Experience supporting M&A, integration or finance transformation programmes
- Systems implementation, automation or advanced data/reporting capability
- 18 month fixed term contract
- London based hybrid working - three days per week in the office
- Salary of £95,000-£110,000, dependent on experience
- Two stage interview process
- The upper end of the salary range is available for an exceptional insurance finance professional bringing a strong combination of management accounts, statutory reporting, SolvencyII, reinsurance and transformation experience.
Interim Finance Manager (18m FTC) employer: Arthur
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