Financial Controller

Job description

An excellent opportunity for an established finance professional with significant commercial lines reinsurance accounting (direct or ceded) experience to join a leading international insurer. The appointee well be responsible for a complex operation which spans a number of international locations. The remit is broad and ranges from:

• Leading all aspects of financial reporting in accordance with required local GAAP and regulatory requirements
• The management and development of a highly professional and progressive finance team
• Leading the forecasting and budgeting processes
• Supporting the business in a number of commercial ways, examples include on the structuring of new deals and joint ventures and partnering with the FP&A team in the interpretation of results.
• There will be wider commercial support e.g for new business initiatives and the role holder will develop relationships with all full board members and business heads - (FP&A, Risk, Actuarial, Underwriting and Claims)
• Being the subject matter expert for technical accounting over a number of jurisdictions
• Maintaining and developing a robust internal control environment and in accordance with SOX requirements
• Leading large scale finance projects, coordinating with senior stakeholders across the business and the monitoring and reporting of project milestones / delivery

The company operates in a highly professional and collaborative environment.

Our client is committed to diversity in all of its forms and operates an inclusive recruitment process