Financial Controller

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is recruiting for a senior finance role focused on syndicate reporting and Lloyd's regulatory compliance. The role leads the quarterly close, drives standardized reporting, and collaborates with the broader finance, actuarial, data and claims teams.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with strong GAAP knowledge, regulatory understanding, and proven leadership within an insurance or syndicate environment.

Qualifications

• Degree level, fully qualified accountant.
• Experience in Syndicate/Lloyd's and Insurance reporting.
• Strong GAAP knowledge with regulatory understanding.
• Analytical, organized, and able to lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the syndicate's reporting and accounting.
• Assist onboarding of new syndicates and potential migrations.
• Review Lloyd's quarterly and annual regulatory returns for submission.
• Standardize external reporting and review CFO/FD/Finance reports.
• Lead quarterly close, set timelines, and deliverables across stakeholders.
• Oversee external audit timetable and issue resolution with auditors.

Skills

Syndicate Reporting

Lloyd's Reporting

GAAP Knowledge

Financial Risk

Team Leadership

Regulatory Reporting

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

• Manage all aspects of the Polo managed syndicate's reporting and accounting.
• Assist in onboarding new syndicates, and potentially helping syndicates migrate to their own Managing Agent (if that is their longer term strategy).
• Review and recommend for submission all Lloyd's quarterly and annual regulatory returns.
• Standardization of external reporting; Review/approval of CFO/FD/Finance reports, Audit Committee Financial Reports.
• Effectively manage the quarterly close process and reporting requirements, and in doing so, manage, execute and dictate process, timetables and deliverables to all stakeholders - internally and externally.
• Manage the external audit timetable and process across all departments that contribute to the audit client schedule list. Work closely with the FD to manage the syndicate auditors and the resolution of audit issues arising as required.
• Working in conjunction with the FD to on-board the accounting and reporting requirements for any newly acquired syndicates.
• Assist with technical accounting for transactions, including RITCs, and develop Board papers accordingly.
• Working with the wider syndicate finance teams to develop and streamline reporting processes in a standardised and uniform manner.
• Driving the development of reporting systems and processes capable of meeting the demands of an evolving business area.
• Provision of timely high quality management accounting information to all business units using the Syndicates together with extensive business partnering between finance, actuarial, data/MI and claims teams.
• Own, drive and continuously seek to improve the Syndicates reporting processes.
• Production of timely, insightful, and strategic financial MI for management and the Board.
• Ensure appropriate Financial Controls are in place and operating effectively (in line with the Group financial controls framework) and where required, identify, and close any financial control gaps affecting financial reporting, forecasting and out of tolerance financial risks.
• Develop a suite of financial risk management reports / dashboards covering risk of financial misstatement, liquidity risk, capital risk, credit risk and tax working collaboratively with subject matter experts from other Group teams.
• Lead, motivate and develop the team including managing their engagement through the embedding of new/improved financial processes.
• Effective change agent - comfortable working in an agile way.

Requirements

• Degree level, fully qualified accountant
• Essential to be experienced in Syndicate/Lloyds and Insurance reporting.
• Strong GAAP technical knowledge and good regulatory understanding - specifically within insurance.
• Highly numerate and analytical, disciplined, and organised, strong system understanding, proven leadership capabilities, ability to communicate and motivate across all levels of the business.
• Team player with a demonstrable ability to work under pressure and be flexible.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Syndicate and Lloyd's insurance reporting, with strong GAAP technical knowledge and regulatory understanding. Proven ability to lead teams, manage financial processes, and deliver high-quality management accounting information.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Syndicate Reporting
• Lloyd's Insurance Reporting
• GAAP Technical Knowledge
• Financial Risk Management
• Team Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Financial Accounting
• Regulatory Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Controls
• Audit Management
• Data Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Financial Reporting
• Technical Accounting
• Financial MI Production

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Team Collaboration
• Flexibility

Certifications & Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant

Industry Keywords

• Insurance
• Syndicate
• Lloyd's
• Financial Risk
• Regulatory Compliance