Finance Manager

Howden Group Holdings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Reasonable adjustments

Job summary

Howden Group Holdings is seeking a Finance Manager to join the EMEA Divisional Finance team in Central London. You will partner with regional finance teams across EMEA to lead reporting, planning, and financial analysis, driving growth and cross‑functional collaboration.

The role is full‑time and permanent, based in Central London with an onsite expectation of three days per week, offering the chance to contribute to SOX readiness, governance, and finance transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager or Financial Reporting/Control role within a complex organisation.
• Strong experience in producing management accounts, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience with IFRS reporting and statutory filings.
• Excellent English communication skills and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with EMEA finance teams to deliver accurate reporting and meaningful insights.
• Lead monthly management accounts, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Support annual budgeting, three-year planning and reforecast activities.
• Contribute to consolidated monthly reporting and supporting materials.
• Assist with statutory reporting and annual accounts production.
• Support acquisitions, due diligence and business integration activities.
• Drive finance process improvements and reporting efficiencies.
• Support SOX readiness and governance initiatives.

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial analysis

IFRS 15/16

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

M&A / integrations experience

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Who are we?

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries. People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

The role

The Finance Manager is a key member of the Howden EMEA Divisional Finance team, supporting the transformation of finance operations and driving collaboration across the wider finance community. This role partners closely with regional finance teams across EMEA, taking ownership of reporting, planning, financial analysis and business integration activities while supporting the continued growth of the division. This is a full-time, permanent role based in Central London, with an expected onsite presence of 3 days per week on average.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with finance teams across EMEA to deliver accurate financial reporting and meaningful performance insights.
• Produce and review monthly management accounts, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of financial information.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, three-year planning and in-year reforecast activities.
• Deliver regular and ad hoc reporting on divisional performance, analysing key metrics and trends.
• Contribute to the preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts and supporting materials.
• Support statutory reporting requirements, annual accounts production and relevant legal filings.
• Assist with acquisition due diligence, business integration activities and finance onboarding processes.
• Manage cash forecasting, working capital reporting and liquidity planning activities.
• Drive finance process improvements, systems enhancements and reporting efficiencies.
• Support strategic finance initiatives, including internal controls enhancement, SOX readiness and governance programmes.
• Document finance processes and procedures to promote consistency, scalability and control.
• Lead, coach and develop junior team members while fostering collaboration across the finance community.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager, Financial Reporting, Group Finance or Financial Control role within a complex organisation.
• Strong experience producing management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Demonstrable experience managing reporting across multiple entities, ideally within an international environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS 15 and IFRS 16.
• Experience supporting internal controls frameworks and SOX-related activities.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, data manipulation and pivot table reporting.
• Experience partnering with multiple stakeholders across finance, tax, legal and operational teams.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, transformation programmes or finance change initiatives would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum five years' post-qualification experience.
• Experience managing statutory and group reporting requirements within a large or international group structure.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills essential; an additional EMEA language is advantageous.
• Excellent analytical and numerical capability.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Reasonable adjustments

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working. Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations.

Howden began in 1994, as just three people and a dog. Now there are 23,000 of us, and we're a leading global insurance group, managing $37bn of premiums for our clients. Our largest shareholder group is us – the people who work in the business – supported by three long-term, minority growth-equity partners who share our vision to build a business to last, one that will never be sold. The owner's mindset is something that's embedded in our culture; our people readily take ownership of their decisions, their actions, and their outputs. They’re invested in every sense. And we all know that by working together to drive the business forward, everyone will benefit from the extraordinary results we can achieve.