Role Overview

Woodland Partners are working exclusively with this rapidly expanding Insurance group who have recently gone through a period of expansion due to a large investment. As part of this growth, the CFO is now looking to recruit an FC straight from a major accounting firm to oversee the accounting function including all group statutory reporting under IFRS, reporting to a US parent, monthly management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, design and implementation of accounting policies, and management of the internal control function.

Role Responsibilities

• Actively oversee the financial reporting of the Group’s entities and effectively report to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain and enhance the internal control environment with regards to Group reporting activities and the broader financial control framework.
• Responsible for establishing documentation and self-assessment protocols
• Responsible for managing & effectively liaising with the Group auditors and assist with audit queries during the year-end period and reporting on efficacy to the audit committee
• Oversight of the alignment of IFRS accounting policies that most closely align to US GAAP, purchase accounting, technical accounting research (revenue recognition, purchase accounting, shared-based payments)
• Partner with the Underwriting/ Operations / Claims department to produce relevant MI data to facilitate strategic decision-making
• Direct all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic finance across multiple product lines, regions, and entities
• Oversight of transactional accounting including payroll, premium accounting function, and other day-to-day transactional accounting