Job Description
We are currently partnering with a Market Leading Insurer to recruit a Senior Manager, Client Finance. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing financial reporting, controls, and governance across a portfolio of non-Lloyd’s insurance clients. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring strong technical expertise, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to drive change within a fast-growing organisation.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Lead the team responsible for delivering end-to-end financial reporting processes for multiple insurance clients, providing technical guidance and oversight.
* Review financial results for non-Lloyd’s entities, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery of all regulatory and statutory reporting.
* Oversee financial compliance and ensure robust controls are maintained across all client finance activities.
* Play a key role in onboarding new clients, including defining accounting policies, establishing documentation and controls, and embedding processes into BAU operations.
* Prepare content for Board and Audit Committee reporting; attend meetings where required.
* Review and enhance financial controls on a continuous basis.
* Liaise with external auditors on statutory audits and internal audit engagements.
* Oversee preparation of tax-related data and support compliance requirements.
* Manage the interpretation and application of accounting standards, preparing technical papers where necessary.
* Work closely with clients to assess and implement new accounting standards, ensuring processes and systems are aligned.
* Lead finance-related projects, including financial systems development and process improvement initiatives.
* Provide detailed oversight of team outputs, resolving issues and supporting client discussions as required.
* Develop and mentor team members, enhancing insurance accounting skills and supporting ongoing learning and development.
* Collaborate with the Head of Client Finance to identify skills gaps, shape training programmes, and strengthen team capability.
The ideal candidate should have:
* Extensive experience in insurance accounting within a financial reporting environment.
* Strong knowledge of regulatory and statutory reporting requirements.
* Proven experience leading and developing teams.
* Demonstrated ability to drive process change and implement improvements.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
* High attention to detail and strong analytical capability.
* Ability to work independently, solve problems, and exercise sound judgement.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
* A proactive, collaborative approach with the ability to work under pressure.
* A recognised professional accounting qualification.
* High proficiency in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel.