Head of Reporting - Insurance

Insight Recruitment Solutions; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing specialty insurance group is seeking a Head of Reporting to join their London finance team. This senior role involves delivering high-quality financial reporting and managing a team. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong knowledge of financial reporting in the insurance sector. This position offers a hybrid working environment and opportunities to shape strategic projects.

Qualifications

• You will be a fully qualified accountant with strong technical knowledge in financial reporting.
• Proven ability to drive change and improve processes.
• Detail-driven and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely consolidated financial reporting.
• Oversee reporting for all entities and stakeholders.
• Manage, develop, and mentor a team based both in the UK and internationally.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Financial reporting knowledge in insurance/reinsurance

Group consolidation principles

Process improvement abilities

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Overview

We're partnering with a growing specialty (re)insurance group looking for an experienced Head of Reporting to join their London finance team. This is a senior role responsible for driving high–quality group financial and management reporting. The successful candidate will be a technically strong accountant with excellent stakeholder management and mentoring skills with the ability to operate in a dynamic, fast–growing environment. You'll play a key role in ensuring the Group's financial integrity while supporting business development and strategic decision–making.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial, statutory, and regulatory reporting in line with UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Oversee reporting for all entities including MGA, Reinsurance and Syndicate, providing insight to the Group Board and senior stakeholders.
• Strengthen and maintain a robust financial control environment.
• Manage, develop, and mentor a team based both in the UK and internationally
• Prepare financial information for external stakeholders including rating agencies, investors, and regulators.
• Partner with underwriting, operations, and claims teams to deliver MI that supports strategic decisions.
• Lead process improvement and change initiatives, including systems projects and finance transformation.

Skills & Experience

• You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with strong technical knowledge in financial reporting within the insurance/reinsurance sector, including MGA reporting.
• Strong understanding of group consolidation principles and financial reporting systems
• Proven ability to drive change and improve processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage at Board level.
• Pragmatic, detail–driven, and comfortable in a fast–paced, entrepreneurial environment.

This is an exciting time to join this small but rapidly growing insurance business helping both to shape reporting and wider strategic projects and business decisions.

Our client is committed to diversity in all of it\'s forms and operates an inclusive recruitment process. They offer a hybrid working environment