Financial Controller - Global Insurer

Job Title

Woodland Partners are delighted to be working exclusively with this rapidly expanding Insurer who have recently been sold and are now in an exciting period of expansion and transformation.

Role Overview

Reporting into the CFO, we are seeking a new FC 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.

Specific Areas of Responsibility

• Actively oversee the financial reporting of the Group’s various 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 departments 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