Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The Finance Manager role involves leading legal entity reporting for a global insurance broker, with a hybrid working arrangement based in London. The ideal candidate will possess team leadership experience and strong technical knowledge in financial instruments and statutory reporting. The position requires a tech-savvy individual focused on streamlining processes and collaborating across various teams. Understanding M&A and restructuring impacts on reporting is also essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead legal entity reporting and manage a team of at least three people.
- Oversee financial reporting, general ledger, and consolidation systems.
- Apply IFRS and UK GAAP standards in practice.
- Explain accounting concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with Companies Act requirements and legal obligations.
- Streamline processes and collaborate across finance, legal, tax, and operations teams.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience in financial reporting, IFRS 9, intercompany transactions, and valuations.
- Solid technical foundation of IFRS and UK GAAP.
- Experience in managing and developing teams.
- Ability to manage tasks and balance competing priorities.
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- Awareness of financial reporting and statutory accounts requirements.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Finance Manager - Hybrid Working - Inside IR35
Our client, a global Insurance broker, are currently looking to hire a Finance Manager to be part of a team leading on legal entity reporting. This role would be hybrid working with the client site based in London.
As the ideal candidate for the role you will have team leadership experience and strong technical knowledge in financial instruments, intercompany transactions, reconciliations, share movements, and statutory reporting.
The role also requires understanding M&A and restructuring impacts on entity and group reporting, translating complex transactions into clear accounting. A tech-savvy mindset is key, with a focus on streamlining processes and collaborating across finance, legal, tax, and operations teams.
Role Requirements:
- Hands-on experience in key accounting areas - including financial reporting, general ledger and consolidation systems, IFRS 9 (financial instruments), intercompany transactions, investments/dividends, IFRS 2 (share-based payments), and valuations. Exposure to consolidation and acquisition accounting (IFRS 3) is a plus.
- Solid technical foundation of IFRS and UK GAAP, with ability to apply standards in practice.
- Experience managing and developing a team of at least three people.
- Able to manage tasks, allocate responsibilities, and balance competing priorities effectively.
- Able to explain accounting concepts to non-finance stakeholders and support cross-functional collaboration.
- Awareness of Companies Act requirements and legal obligations related to financial reporting and statutory accounts.
Please apply!
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.