Head of Finance - UK National Markets

AXA UK; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA UK is seeking a Finance Business Partner to oversee the National Market UK’s Finance Business Partnering function. The role involves providing financial support to senior stakeholders, producing business plans, and ensuring compliance with reporting standards. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong communication skills and experience in insurance accounting.

Benefits

Annual bonus

25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays

Private medical and dental cover

Fantastic pension scheme

Opportunity for skill development

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of insurance accounting, preferably with US GAAP experience.
• Ability to lead a small team responsible for regular reporting and business support.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality Management Information summarizing business performance.
• Address financial performance queries and support business planning cycles.
• Provide finance education sessions to enhance stakeholder understanding.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Reporting Standards Knowledge

Education

Qualified or qualified by experience accountant

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Anaplan

Oracle Fusion

Alteryx

Job description

Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on finance business partnering?

We are looking for an individual to oversee the National Market UK’s Finance Business Partnering function across the breadth of the UK Division’s Insurance & Service Operations.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

International Finance is responsible for the financial, regulatory, and business reporting of Markel International and its subsidiaries. It is part of Markel Group’s Global Finance Department.

You will ensure high-quality and timely finance support by leading the customer relationship between Finance and senior business stakeholders within UK National Markets.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the business strategy, producing financial elements for written business plans, including potential acquisitions and the launch of new business lines or markets.

What you’ll be doing:

• Management Information Provision: Delivering high-quality and timely Management Information that summarizes business performance against plan, prior year, and strategic priorities. This includes metrics related to Gross Written Premium (GWP), productivity, loss and expense ratios, and overall business profitability.
• Timely Financial Performance Responses: Addressing all queries related to financial performance promptly.
• Business Planning Support: Ensuring timely receipt of necessary inputs from business divisions to support planning cycles. Facilitating effective “play-back” to business stakeholders to ensure ownership of final business plans.
• Finance Education Sessions: Providing necessary finance education sessions to senior business stakeholders, enhancing their understanding of how business results are generated at Markel.
• Alignment with Reporting Standards: Maintaining close liaison with the Head of Financial and Regulatory reporting to ensure that management results communicated to the business align with US GAAP reported numbers.
• Collaboration with wider Business Partnering Team: Whilst local business requirements are a priority for this role, maintaining close ties with the wider business partnering team will also be critical. This will not only ensure a consistent approach to customer delivery but ensure that we are effectively using the skills, experience and resources of the wider team.
• Team Leadership: The role includes one direct report.

Our must-haves:

• Qualified or qualified by experience accountant.
• Detailed knowledge of insurance accounting preferably with experience of US GAAP.
• Ability to lead a small team responsible for delivering a wider range of regular reporting requirements, as well as the adaptability to respond to ad-hoc business support requests.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of business stakeholders.
• Proficiency with standard finance systems e.g. Microsoft Excel. Preferably (but not essentially) experience with systems used by Markel i.e. Anaplan, Oracle Fusion & Alteryx.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [e-mail] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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