Investment Accounting Manager

Vitae Financial Recruitment Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Great Benefits

Job summary

Vitae Financial Recruitment Limited is representing a well-established financial services organisation seeking an Investment Accounting Manager in London, hybrid working. You will lead the Investment Accounting team, drive the close process, and shape the function's evolution to support growth.

You will own technical accounting across IFRS 9 and UK GAAP for life-insurance portfolios, manage a remote service provider, and develop a high-performing team, while partnering with Risk, Actuarial and

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in investment accounting
• Insurance sector experience is essential
• Strong knowledge of life insurance investment portfolios
• Understanding of IFRS 9 and UK GAAP investment accounting
• Experience leading finance teams
• Experience with Python or SQL in finance/control

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end investment accounting production through to trial balance
• Own financial control environment for investment accounting and close remediation
• Lead analytical review of investment results and drivers
• Oversee valuation and pricing for illiquid assets and pricing models
• Chair quarterly Asset Valuation Working Group
• Manage offshore service provider and monitor KPIs
• Build relationships with Investment Operations, Risk and Audit

Skills

Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Insurance sector experience

IFRS 9 UK GAAP knowledge

Team leadership

Life insurance investment knowledge

Python/SQL

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Investment Accounting Manager
London (Hybrid working)
£80k - £100k + Bonus and Great Benefits

Our client, a well-established, highly respected financial services organisation with a proud history spanning many decades in the UK market, is on a significant transformation journey - modernising their systems, expanding their product range and strengthening their finance function to support ambitious growth. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business that genuinely invests in its people and takes pride in its culture.

The Role

Our client is looking for an experienced Investment Accounting Manager to lead their Investment Accounting team, taking full ownership of accurate, timely and well-controlled investment accounting outputs through to trial balance stage. You'll provide both technical and operational leadership, driving the quality of the financial close process while playing a key role in shaping how the function evolves.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading end-to-end investment accounting production - journals, ledger postings, reconciliations, valuations, accruals and income recognition - through to trial balance, ensuring outputs are delivered on time and to a high standard
• Owning the financial control environment for investment accounting, ensuring controls are performed, evidenced and reviewed, with any gaps or issues escalated and remediated sustainably
• Leading analytical review of investment results, including period-on-period movement analysis and decomposition of key market drivers such as yields, credit spreads, FX, inflation and duration
• Overseeing the valuation and pricing control process for complex, illiquid and judgemental assets, including governance of Python-based pricing models
• Chairing the quarterly Asset Valuation Working Group
• Leading the finance implementation of new investment products, asset classes and transactions - translating technical accounting conclusions into practical ledger, reconciliation and reporting requirements
• Managing, coaching and developing a team of trainee and qualified accountants across monthly, quarterly and year-end reporting cycles
• Overseeing an offshore service provider, developing and monitoring KPIs to ensure quality of delivery
• Building strong relationships across Investment Operations, Actuarial, Risk, Internal and External Audit and senior finance stakeholders

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience in investment accounting, financial control or a related financial services environment
• Insurance sector experience is essential – life insurance, retirement, annuity, with-profits or unit-linked business is highly desirable
• Strong technical knowledge across life insurance investment portfolios – fixed income, derivatives, funds, mortgages, private credit, property, infrastructure and illiquid/alternative assets
• Deep understanding of IFRS 9 and UK GAAP investment accounting, including classification, fair value, income recognition and related disclosures
• Experience leading finance teams and managing close deliverables, ideally with trial balance ownership
• Experience using Python, SQL or equivalent analytical tools in a finance, valuation or control context (Python preferred)

What’s on Offer

A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including a generous pension, bonus scheme, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance, alongside a genuine commitment to flexible working, career development and an inclusive workplace culture.