Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the preparation and review of analytical reports that serve as summary information for senior leadership team (SLT) and business partners. Analyse actual costs and variance against budget, and ensure senior management are fully informed.
2. Develop appropriate MI to show true key performance indicators for SLT. Responsible for the periodic preparation of reports covering functional areas and analysis of data critical to the business.
3. Determine costs of operations by establishing standard costs and collecting operational data.
4. Responsible for identifying relevant insights andpiling analytical reports that enable SLT to make sound decisions
5. Responsible for monthly financial MI packs and associated processes
6. Establishing and enforcing policies and procedures, providing trends and forecasts, explaining processes, and rmending actions
7. Analyses expenses, monitors variance, identifies trends, rmends actions to management team and SLT.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Technical Expertise
8. Strongmercial awareness and understanding of the needs of the business. Will be able to apply technical accounting techniques and understand businessmercial implications
9. Understandplex data and information with the ability to interpret and rmendmercially astute courses of action; constructively challenging and helping develop others' thinking and understanding.
10. Proven ability to lead projects, to deliver on-time, in-full.
11. Strongmunication skills, demonstrating a clear and articulate standard of written and verbalmunication in aplex environment, tailored for all levels of management.
12. Strong ability to adapt messages to the audience in a format that is easily understood by non-technical colleagues
Relationship Building
13. The ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across the finance function, acting with integrity and always role-modelling thepany values.
14. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to maintain a variety of relationships with multiple stakeholders,
Taking Initiative
15. Sound problem solving skills and attention to detail with demonstrable ability in spotting issues, interdependencies and challenges to ensure work is produced to an accurate,mercial and informed standard.
16. Self-motivated, well-organised, pragmatic, and able to perform tasks independently.
Developing Self and Others
17. An interested and inquisitive individual who ismitted to their own ongoing professional and personal development
Benefits of working at Canada Life
We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer apetitive salary and benefits package that's regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you'll receive apetitive salary andprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, ie protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.
How we work at Canada Life
Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers andmunity and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the oue, face into things together and find a way forward.
We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That's why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.
Diversity and inclusion
Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a keymitment for us. We are proud of the progress we're making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.
"At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectivesing together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all." Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK
We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for.
Job ID 1069020001