Group Financial Controller

Discipline: Finance & Strategy
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: simon@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J3372
Published: about 3 years ago
This ambitious and agile insurance company, is seeking a Financial Controller to come and join their new mangement team to take responsibility for the corporate entities and the Group consolidated numbers and implement significant improvements. Specific Responsibilities o Take over all corporate controller and consolidated group responsibilities o Standardise close processes and procedures across the corporate entities and ensure efficiency and effectiveness in allocated responsibilities. o Own the close process and ensure smooth reporting relationship with Group Finance o Assist the CFO in building better management information and reporting o Build standard KPI and reporting templates for monthly and quarterly closes Conduct review of accounting policy and processes o Ensure accounting policies are appropriate, documented and adhered to o Ensure process documentation is up to date o Identify and implement improvements o Drive the resolution of Group accounting and reporting issues o General recipient of issues delegated by CFO, to be resolved in cooperation with the divisional controllers and Head of FP&A o Liaise with other departments (sales, IT, operations, risk) and finance teams as appropriate o Ensure appropriate documentation of decisions taken and the final resolution o Ownership of year end statutory accounts for the corporate entities (non-syndicates) o Key member of strategic finance project team, working with divisional finance senior members, finance teams and Group IT o Group finance systems project (implementing a strategic general ledger systems and IFRS)