Senior Accounting Manager

Location London
Discipline: Finance & Strategy
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: ryan@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J3338
Published: about 3 years ago
We are recruiting for a Senior Accounting Manager at a leading life insurer, reporting in to the Head of Financial Reporting. The successful individual will represent the Accounting Teams on the implementation of a new Oracle General Ledger, other new technology and processes, and IFRS 17 more generally. The Financial Reporting Teams provide all the Group, Statutory and Regulatory reporting for the Life Insurance Entities. The role requires a qualified accountant, with a wide range of Finance Specialisms and a detailed understanding of IFRS and Solvency II reporting metrics. They will be responsible for ensuring the detailed requirements and testing of the financial reporting requirements are implemented into the new system ad these are successfully embedded back into the business as usual teams. Key Responsibilities for this role: • Work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment, customers outcomes and a reduction in operational risk. • Execute and monitor performance of the project team to support the strategic objectives of the programme and the business • Produce Operational and Project plans in order to deliver the robust solution in line with other business priorities such as BAU • Ensure appropriate controls are embedded into the processes and appropriate documentation to audit standard is signed off by the business prior to go live • Give the team clear responsibilities and stretching work objectives • Ensure the Director of Financial Reporting and the Head of Financial Reporting are kept up to date with progress on the programme