HFG Insurance Recruitment
Head of Finance
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Job Description: Head of Insurance Finance
An established and growing international insurance business is looking to appoint a Head of Insurance Finance to take overall responsibility for financial reporting, financial control, regulatory reporting, capital management, and finance transformation across its London insurance operations.
This is a genuinely senior finance leadership position, overseeing a large, multi-disciplinary finance team and operating across a complex structure incorporating both Lloyd's syndicates and company-market insurance entities.
The role will suit an experienced insurance finance leader who is comfortable operating at scale, can bring structure and consistency across multiple entities, and has the gravitas to lead a sizeable team through a period of significant change and transformation.
You will have broad ownership of the insurance finance function, including:
- Leading and developing a large insurance finance team, creating clear accountability, strong performance, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Providing overall oversight of financial close, reporting, and financial control across Lloyd's syndicates, UK insurance companies, and international entities.
- Driving greater consistency and alignment across accounting policies, controls, reporting processes, and finance operations.
- Taking ownership of regulatory and statutory reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and robust governance.
- Overseeing management information and providing meaningful financial insight to senior Finance and Executive stakeholders.
- Leading solvency, capital forecasting, and capital management, working closely with Actuarial, Risk, and Group Capital teams.
- Managing external audit relationships and supporting internal audit and regulatory reviews.
- Leading significant finance transformation and process improvement, including the redesign and improvement of the financial close process and future-state finance operating models.
- Playing a key leadership role in finance systems implementation and wider integration activity.
- Acting as a senior stakeholder across Finance, Risk, Actuarial, Operations, and Executive leadership.
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This is not simply a technical reporting role; our client is looking for a proven insurance finance leader who has operated with significant responsibility and has successfully managed and developed sizeable teams.
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Qualifications and Experience Required:
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent qualification.
- Significant post-qualified experience within the insurance industry.
- Strong experience across both Lloyd's and company-market insurance environments.
- Extensive experience across financial reporting, ledger ownership, regulatory reporting, and financial control.
- A strong understanding of insurance accounting, statutory reporting, and the complexities of regulated insurance entities.
- Demonstrable experience managing and developing large finance teams, with the leadership capability to create structure, accountability, and high performance.
- Experience working across multiple legal entities and, ideally, international insurance platforms.
- Strong knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements, with Solvency II and capital management experience highly desirable.
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