Financial Reporting Manager

HPR Consulting; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HPR Consulting, based in Sydney, seeks a senior reporting leader for a large insurance business. Move beyond routine close cycles to own statutory accounts, APRA returns and access the CFO via the monthly Distribution Pack.

You will manage a team, shape the chart of accounts, and influence how the company presents its numbers, with exposure to Life Finance, Actuarial and Pricing teams, and involvement in M&A and system changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a reporting team and own the development of targets and growth plans, not just workload allocation.
• Custodian of the chart of accounts and reporting hierarchies; decisions shape how the business reads its numbers.
• Direct exposure to the CFO via the monthly CFO and Distribution Pack for decision-making insights.
• Own the Annual Group Statutory Accounts and quarterly/annual APRA returns, a depth unique to insurance.
• Lead the annual interim external audit and support year-end audit with external auditors.
• Collaborate with Life Finance, Actuarial and Pricing teams to broaden technical range beyond standard reporting.
• Participate in mergers and acquisitions activity to drive strategic financial outcomes.
• Drive a finance systems transformation and general ledger upgrade to modernise processes.
• Implement new accounting software to shape tools used by the finance function for years.
• Sydney Head Office base within a CFO Division with established structure.

Job description

A reporting leadership role built for people who get bored easily.

Most reporting leadership jobs keep you stuck in the same monthly close cycle forever. This one hands you real breadth, statutory accounts, APRA returns, a spot on M&A activity, a finance systems transformation, and a direct line into the CFO reporting pack. If you're a Reporting expert who wants more than tick the box reporting, this is worth reading properly.

This search is for a large insurance business, and once you see the actual scope, it's a genuinely strong next step for someone ready to lead rather than just process. Here's what that actually looks like day to day.

Real leadership, not just a title on your card

You'll manage a team and actually own their development, setting clear targets and a proper growth plan, not just handing out workload.

You're the custodian of the chart of accounts and reporting hierarchies, so your decisions shape how the whole business reads its own numbers.

Direct exposure to the CFO through the monthly CFO and Distribution Pack, your work lands in front of the people actually making the calls.

Technical depth that keeps building your CV, not just your inbox

Ownership of the Annual Group Statutory Accounts and the quarterly and annual APRA returns, the kind of experience that's genuinely hard to get outside insurance.

You'll lead the annual interim external audit and support the year end audit, working directly with external auditors rather than just feeding them documents.

Exposure to Life Finance and Actuarial and Pricing teams, which broadens your technical range well past a standard reporting brief.

Projects that actually move the needle

Involvement in mergers and acquisitions activity.

A finance systems transformation and general ledger upgrade.

Implementation of new accounting software, so you're shaping the tools the finance function will run on for years, not just working within someone else's setup.

Stability with variety, which is rare

Insurance is one of the more resilient sectors right now, and regulatory complexity means demand for people who genuinely understand it isn't slowing down.

Sydney Head Office base, sitting inside an established CFO Division with real structure around you, not a one person reporting function propping up the whole close.

If you're a qualified accountant with solid insurance exposure (private health, general or life) and you're ready to stop just processing the numbers and start owning them, this is worth a proper conversation.