Group Consolidation and Reporting Manager recruitment

The purpose of the role is to manage the Consolidation Reporting team whose key objectives are:

• Communicate with business units regarding data, variance analysis and supporting information required to be submitted to Group

• Review the business unit submissions for accuracy, completeness and consistency

• Produce the following Key Group reports:

–Annual and interim published financial statements

–Annual and interim regulatory returns including Solvency II reporting

–Q1 and Q3 abridged internal financial statements

–Internal monthly and quarterly management accounts for Board Reporting

–Data and variance analyses for the quarterly Analyst Pack and Management Briefing Pack

–Annual Business Planning dashboards

Key Objectives and Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation of the Group Financial Statements in accordance with the pro forma approved by the Group Audit Committee 

• Manage and develop a team of qualified accountants in accordance with the goals of the Group Finance department

• Manage the preparation of all internal reports including monthly management accounts, quarterly abridged financial statements and the dashboards required to support the annual business plan

• Undertake detailed reviews of submissions from the business units and challenge where appropriate

• Liaise with the external audit team and the technical accounting team with respect to external reporting and with Group Planning and Analysis with respect to internal reporting and business planning 

• Support the Financial Reporting Analysts as and when requested 

• Perform a review process to ensure all reporting deliverables are reasonable, explainable and of a high standard

• Ensure the delivery of ancillary information around the interim and year end reporting (web-site, adverts, summary financials, staff newsletters, etc)

• Continuously seek to improve processes, systems and controls in order to ensure an effective and efficient function

• Act as the process owner for the relevant core business processes and end user computing controls in accordance with the Group’s Financial Control Framework

• Liaise with all other Group functions including Tax, Actuarial, Risk and Treasury    

Experience Required

• Qualified accountant (ACA/CA preferred) with around 5 years+  PQE

• Have extensive related experience in Financial Services (with Life insurance experience desirable)

• Familiarity with working with multiple stakeholders and to tight timescales in a delivery focused fashion

• Experience of project and change management desirable

• Experience of working in a highly results-orientated, growth and performance driven environment, with a focus on excellence and where costs are controlled

• Able to plan and drive the activities of core team of 5

• Able to liaise with different stakeholders at different levels (from BU representatives to senior Finance management at GHO)

• Ongoing management and development of the Consolidation and Reporting team and contributing to the performance of the Group Financial Reporting function

• Ability to engage, consult and advise business unit and GHO staff and senior management

• Able to work in a complex and changing environment