Head of Finance (PA25CHHFQ1001)

SS&C Technologies; Ebbw Vale; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Head of Audit to lead the finance team in Ebbw Vale. The ideal candidate will oversee financial reporting, ensuring compliance and accuracy while managing a hybrid work model. Strong leadership and financial management skills are essential, along with a relevant financial qualification. This role promotes flexibility and professional development within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible Work Model

Professional Development Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial management or audit.
• Strong understanding of financial principles and regulations.
• Proven ability to manage teams and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance team within outsourced functions.
• Oversee financial reporting and ensure compliance.
• Manage and train the finance operations team.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Budgeting

Team Management

Client Relationship Management

Education

Relevant financial qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial Software

Job description

Overview

SS&C is a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut. SS&C has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Title and Location

Head of Audit — Locations: Bristol | Hybrid

Get To Know the Team

SS&C Technologies seek a Head of Finance to lead the finance team within the finances outsourced functions. This must be carried out in line with the SLAs & KPIs, meeting all regulatory requirements, internal and external audit responsibility as well as regulatory reporting. Additionally manage the processes carried out offshore.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get to Do

• Act as the key business partner point of contact in support of the annual budget cycle and business plan activity and for undertaking forecasting as required.
• Play a key role in supporting the financial reporting integration with Clients.
• Build relationships with key personnel within the Client base to support this process.

What You Will Bring

Financial Reporting

• Quarterly reporting to the client, in line with requirements.
• Production of accurate statutory accounts.
• Interact with actuarial and tax as necessary as part of this role.
• Ensure that controls and reconciliations are appropriate, monitored and developed on an ongoing basis and consistently look to proactively review and improve. Have a detailed understanding of all processes and the dependencies / impact with the Finance team.

SII reporting

• Provide a key role in the production of the SII quarterly returns (QRTs) and annual returns (QRTs, SFCR, RSR).
• Finance Ops
• Oversight and day to day management of finance ops team manager.
• Ensure team remains appropriately resourced.
• Interaction with other operational teams as necessary.

Programme Initiatives

• Support implementation of relevant programmes from a finance perspective.
• Act as an SME where applicable on onboarding programmes of work.

Business Partnering

• Act as the key business partner point of contact in support of the annual budget cycle and business plan activity and for undertaking forecasting as required.
• Play a key role in supporting the financial reporting integration with Clients.
• Build relationships with key personnel within the Client base to support this process.

BAU

• Daily BAU operational activities.
• Project migration activities in line with BAU.
• Effective organization - Respond positively to the goals of the team and actively add to the success of the Finance Department.
• Service delivery - ensuring SS&C meets client expectation in line with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Migrate processes and manage the relationship with Team India for processes owned that are carried out offshore.

Staff Management and Development

• Staff PDR's, training & development to ensure regular documented reviews of individual performance, including staff 1:1 meetings, where appropriate, and oversee the teams process in respect of quality and productivity monitoring (applies AOM methodology where applicable).
• Relevant staff are trained and competent.
• Accountable for ensuring that Managers are aware of how their individual objectives link to Corporate Goals, documents action plans to achieve own and managers objectives.
• Accountable for identifying Learning and Development needs for direct reports, documents requirements and helps facilitate training.
• Accountable for assessing the impact of Learning and Development on direct reports ensuring learning is evaluated.
• Carries out any other duties which are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed

SS&C quality

• To be quality driven, aiming for 100% accuracy and timeliness of delivery.
• To effectively plan the way services are delivered so that all activity is directly related to providing quality services and meeting the expectations of the customer.
• To continuously review processes and practices relating to the role and act as a catalyst for change and improvement in individual and team performance.
• To observe proper standards of market, business, and personal conduct, demonstrating integrity in the execution of duties.
• To communicate and promote the values which reinforce and support a consistent quality culture.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It’s important to us that we strive to have a diverse workforce in the widest sense.

Background Checks

All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in the hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background-checking process should you be successful.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.