Interim Finance Manager (Insurance)

Pearse Professionals; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth insur-tech company in Manchester is seeking an Interim Finance Manager for a 3-month contract. The role involves ownership of monthly insurance premium bordereaux and supporting month-end activities. Ideal candidates should have experience in insurance, strong technical accounting and reconciliation skills, and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced business. Both full-time and part-time working arrangements are considered, providing flexibility during a busy period.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an insurance, insurtech or financial services environment.
• Strong technical accounting and reconciliation skills.
• Comfortable taking ownership of defined processes in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the monthly insurance premium bordereaux.
• Review and improvement of bordereaux and finance processes.
• Acting as a key finance contact for insurers.

Skills

Technical accounting skills

Reconciliation skills

Adaptability

Ownership of defined processes

Job description

Pearse Professionals are supporting a high-growth, PE-backed Insur-tech business operating business seeking an Interim Finance Manager (Insurance) on a contract basis to support the finance team during a busy period.

Key responsibilities

• Ownership of the monthly insurance premium bordereaux, typically requiring focused input during the first 4–5 days of each month
• Review, improvement and optimisation of bordereaux and related finance processes, drawing on prior best practice
• Acting as a key finance contact for insurers, handling queries on an ad-hoc basis
• Preparation and review of insurance-related balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting month-end activities and providing general Finance Manager-level support to the wider team as required

Candidate profile

• Proven experience in an insurance, insurtech or financial services environment
• Strong technical accounting and reconciliation skills
• Comfortable taking ownership of defined processes in a fast-paced, scaling business
• Hands-on, adaptable, and able to support beyond a narrow remit

Contract details

• 3-month initial contract
• Flexible working arrangement – full-time preferred, though part-time (e.g. 2–4 days per week) will be considered