Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Drive Strategic Financial Excellence in a Dynamic Insurance Environment

Are you a seasoned financial professional with a passion for leading teams and shaping financial strategies? Join our forward-thinking client as a Financial Controller and play a pivotal role in overseeing complex financial processes, ensuring compliance, and delivering insightful reports that influence key business decisions. This is your opportunity to be at the heart of a collaborative, inclusive culture where your expertise will directly contribute to continued success and growth.

What You'll Do:

Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes with precision, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
Maintain ownership of the general ledger, ensuring complete, supported, and compliant financial records.
Analyse financial results, providing variance analysis against plans, prior periods, and benchmarks.
Deliver comprehensive management reports, including close packages, under both FRS 102 and IFRS 17 standards.
Support regulatory reporting obligations, ensuring alignment with accounting records and entity review.
Oversee statutory financial statement production and liaise with auditors to ensure audit readiness and smooth completion.
Act as a key point of contact for internal and external audits, resolving queries efficiently.
Lead, develop, and motivate your team, fostering a high-performance environment built on technical expertise and quality outputs.
Enhance the financial control environment through governance, control remediation, and process improvements.
Collaborate across departments to implement process efficiencies and support ongoing finance transformation initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
Significant experience within the UK insurance or reinsurance sector
Strong expertise in FRS 102 and IFRS 17 accounting standards
Proven ability in managing financial reporting, regulatory submissions, and governance processes
Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate insights clearly
Strong stakeholder management capabilities and experience collaborating across functions
Demonstrated leadership in coaching and developing finance teams
Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with finance systems
Willingness to engage in continuous process improvement and cross-functional collaboration

Ready to take your career to the next level and make a tangible impact in a thriving organization? We're excited to hear from talented professionals eager to bring their expertise to this vital role.