Assistant Manager, Accounting and Controls Advisory

ACCA Careers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte in London seeks an ambitious Assistant Manager to join our growing Insurance Practice within Accounting & Controls Advisory. You will support IFRS/UK GAAP reporting, strengthen internal controls, and help clients navigate Solvency II and insurance-specific finance challenges.

The role emphasizes technical accounting excellence, stakeholder management, and collaboration across our global network to deliver impactful, trusted financial reporting solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in Insurance Audit within a large Financial Services organisation or in a finance function within the Insurance industry.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, and/or Solvency UK.
• Understanding of end-to-end insurance processes and associated risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presentations.
• Ability to manage and deliver workstreams or components of larger projects.

Responsibilities

• Advising clients on IFRS and UK GAAP accounting matters, including complex accounting queries, accounting policy assessments, financial statement reviews and technical accounting papers.
• Supporting Insurance transformation projects for our clients, while providing technical accounting and financial reporting support.
• Designing and assessing controls (design and operating effectiveness) across insurance processes.
• Documenting end to end insurance processes, ensuring clear linkage between risks, controls and reporting outcomes.

Skills

Insurance Audit

IFRS/UK GAAP

Solvency II

Internal controls

ERP/Finance tools

Client relationships

Communication

Team collaboration

ACA/ACCA qualified

Insurance industry knowledge

Education

ACA/ACCA or international equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Insurance-specific finance tools

Job description

Connect to your Industry

For those charged with governance, the focus on setting clear, high-quality financial reporting, robust accounting judgements, effective finance processes, and reliable control environments has never been greater. Our Accounting & Controls Advisory team specialises in assurance over financial statements, transactions, accounting and internal controls skills, helping clients respond to complex accounting, regulatory, controls, and finance change requirements. By collaborating with other teams and our global network of specialists, we deliver assurance that protects the public interest and fosters even greater levels of trust, underpinned by our priority focus on quality.

Deloitte

Job Description

Connect to your Industry

For those charged with governance, the focus on setting clear, high-quality financial reporting, robust accounting judgements, effective finance processes, and reliable control environments has never been greater. Our Accounting & Controls Advisory team specialises in assurance over financial statements, transactions, accounting and internal controls skills, helping clients respond to complex accounting, regulatory, controls, and finance change requirements. By collaborating with other teams and our global network of specialists, we deliver assurance that protects the public interest and fosters even greater levels of trust, underpinned by our priority focus on quality.

Our Audit & Assurance clients include some of the largest, most successful, and fast-growing companies across the globe. They are complex, influential, and exciting. You will be principally focused on improving the reliability and efficiency of finance processes and controls for external financial reporting with an impressive portfolio of clients. We advise clients on how to enhance their finance and reporting functions by combining deep technical accounting and controls expertise with technology-enabled solutions, helping them improve the quality, efficiency, and transparency of financial reporting.

We are seeking experienced and technically skilled professionals with a background in accounting and controls assurance, and/or industry background to join our fast-growing team, share in our vision, support our growth plans, and make an impact that matters on our clients, our people, our business, and society.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We Are Looking For An Ambitious Assistant Manager To Join Our Growing Insurance Practice. Reporting To a Manager, Senior Manager Or Director, You Will Assist In The Provision Of a Range Of Different Service Offerings Provided By The Accounting & Controls Advisory Team, Which May Include

• Advising clients on IFRS and UKGAAP accounting matters, including complex accounting queries, accounting policy assessments, financial statement reviews and technical accounting papers.
• Supporting clients with IFRS 9 and IFRS 17 matters, including interpretation, implementation and ongoing application of standards.
• Supporting clients with financial reporting processes
• Advising clients on Solvency II methodology
• Supporting Insurance transformation projects for our clients, while providing technical accounting and financial reporting support
• Supporting clients in strengthening their internal control environments, including SOX controls.
• Designing and assessing controls (design and operating effectiveness) across insurance processes.
• Assisting clients undergoing finance transformation programmes to embed controls into new and/or evolving processes.
• Documenting end to end insurance processes, ensuring clear linkage between risks, controls and reporting outcomes.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Essential

• Experience of working in Insurance Audit of a large Financial Services organisation or in a finance function within the Insurance industry
• Experience in Insurance audit within a large Financial Services organisation or in a finance function within the Insurance industry.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, and/or Solvency UK.
• Strong understanding of the insurance industry and its current landscape.
• Understanding of end-to-end insurance processes and associated risks.
• Understanding of internal control frameworks, including control design and testing.
• Awareness of technology, AI, and automation in finance transformation, including ERP and insurance-specific finance tools.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• A relevant professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, or international equivalent).
• Commercial awareness of current economic and market trends impacting the insurance sector.
• Knowledge of key developments in Insurance regulation.
• Proven adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced, transformational environment.
• A collaborative approach and strong team player mentality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, presentations, and the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and inquisitive mindset.
• Ability to manage and deliver workstreams or components of larger projects effectively.

Desirable

• Practical experience with IFRS 17 implementation or advisory.
• Experience with data analysis tools or techniques relevant to financial reporting

Connect to your business - Audit & Assurance

We know it's not just about the numbers. Often, we let the technology take care of those. It's about the creative and collective thinking or our people. That's where the true insight is found. We're redefining the future of audit. Come join us.

Assurance

Businesses need to be resilient and transparent in their reporting to build trust and confidence. Assurance practitioners play a key role in achieving this through independent review and challenge of management's views on a range of regulatory and reporting requirements, whether financial, operational or compliance in nature.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"Deloitte is known for its flexible working environment and the support it offers to new parents. As a first-time mother I was a bit nervous joining the team, but the people around me have made it easy for me to manage my career around personal commitments. "

"I assumed the culture would be very corporate, however, I have worked with people who have different personalities and approaches to the way they work. We do have a clear brand, but everyone is encouraged to be themselves." - Alice, Audit and Assurance

"The team I support works with one of Deloitte's biggest clients. To be involved with such an influential client so early in my career is really rewarding; I love it." - Owen, Audit and Assurance

"The progression at Deloitte is steady and I've always felt in control of my own career path. You can learn something new here every day which I really enjoy." - Ali, Audit and Assurance

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world‑class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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