Finance Manager - External Reporting

Howden; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in London seeks a Finance Manager to manage Group consolidation and reporting. This role includes managing monthly and quarterly reports, supporting audits, and requires knowledge of IFRS and multi-currency consolidations. Candidates should possess notable experience with OneStream or HFM, and be a qualified accountant with 4-6 years PQE. This position offers a hybrid work pattern, requiring presence in the office for 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

• At least 4-6 years PQE.
• Ability to learn reporting tool quickly.

Responsibilities

• Assist in Group consolidation for internal and external reporting.
• Produce group annual consolidated statutory accounts.
• Support year-end audit and resolve auditor queries.

Skills

Knowledge of IFRS

Multi-currency group consolidations

Advanced MS Excel

Education

Qualified accountant, preferably ACA/CA (SA)

Tools

OneStream or HFM

Unit4

Job description

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Howden is seeking a Finance Manager to join our External Reporting team. You will be responsible for assisting on Group consolidation to support both internal and external reporting requirements. This will include monthly management accounts, Group quarterly and annual accounts, lender reporting and other ad-hoc reporting requirements. This person will report to the Head of external reporting and will have one direct report.

Please note this is role is initially structured as an 18-month FTC (maternity cover), based in our Central London office. Following a hybrid work pattern, you are expected to be onsite 2-3 days per week on average.

What will you be doing?

Month-end and quarter-end reporting

Responsible for the overall production of IFRS consolidated results for monthly management accounts and quarterly interim financial statements for external partners.

Support the growing maturity of the reporting function with various projects e.g. production of glossy accounts.

Assessing revenue recognition under IFRS 15 lens and supporting local teams in transitioning new acquisitions.

Assisting with significant M&A accounting related activity and assisting with on-boarding new acquisitions to the group.

Review and challenge capex budget submissions and producing group capex budget pack.

Building strong working relationship with key stakeholders - divisional and local finance teams, Tax, Treasury, Corporate Finance, CoSec and Legal.

Year-end

Produce and project manage the production of group annual consolidated statutory accounts.

Assist with implementation of new financial reporting software solution.

Co-ordination with division and local finance team for submission of year-end packs.

Support throughout year-end audit and assisting with resolving auditor queries.

Ad-hoc

Production of Group accounting papers such as revenue recognition under IFRS 15 for non-IFRS reporters.

Assisting with significant M&A reporting related activity.

Maintenance of process notes for monthly, quarterly and annual processes.

Ad-hoc reporting requests both internally as well other teams - Treasury, Tax, M&A, Divisional Finance.

Ad hoc analysis as required to support strategic objectives of CFO.

What are we looking for?

Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP and relevant UK Law.

Prior experience of large multi-currency group consolidations.

Prior experience in using OneStream or HFM and Unit4 or the ability to learn reporting tool quickly.

Advanced MS Excel (Index match and VLOOKUP formulae), data manipulation and analysis.

Qualified accountant: at least 4-6 years PQE, preferably ACA/ CA (SA).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  General Business

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