Head of Group Financial Reporting
Lorien ·
Job Description Head of Group Financial Reporting Role: Head of Group Financial Reporting Engagement: 2 Moth contract with potential to extend Location: UK wide with travel to site when required Overview We are supporting a leading Insurance and Financial Services organisation in the search for an experienced Head of Group Financial Reporting to provide leadership during a critical reporting period.
The successful candidate will support Half-Year (HY) Reporting, Financial & Regulatory (F&R) reporting activities, and preparation for the Q3 reporting cycle. This senior contract opportunity requires a highly experienced finance leader with deep technical accounting expertise, strong stakeholder management capabilities, and a proven track record delivering high-quality reporting within a regulated financial services environment.
Key Responsibilities Lead Group Financial Reporting activities across Half-Year reporting, Financial & Regulatory reporting requirements, and Q3 preparation. Provide technical accounting oversight and guidance on complex accounting and reporting matters.
Review, challenge and approve key accounting judgements, assumptions and disclosures. Ensure the accuracy, quality and timeliness of all regulatory, statutory and management reporting deliverables. Partner closely with Finance, Actuarial, Risk and Executive stakeholders to ensure alignment across reporting outputs.
Manage reporting governance and maintain an effective control environment throughout the reporting cycle. Support executive decision-making through the provision of robust financial insight and analysis. Drive reporting improvements and contribute to reporting transformation initiatives where required.
Oversee consolidation processes and support enhancements to reporting architecture and operating models. Skills & Experience Required Essential Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent). Significant Financial Services experience, ideally within Life Insurance, Pensions or a broader Insurance environment.
Extensive experience leading statutory, regulatory and management reporting functions. Exceptional technical accounting knowledge and understanding of reporting governance frameworks. Proven ability to operate at senior leadership level and influence executive stakeholders.
Strong track record of managing critical reporting cycles and delivering under tight deadlines. Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Experience working within reporting change or finance transformation programmes.
Exposure to consolidation architecture and reporting process optimisation. Strong understanding of regulatory reporting obligations within insurance and pensions organisations. Experience collaborating with actuarial teams and interpreting actuarial inputs into financial reporting outputs.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.