Senior Finance Manager, Management Reporting

QBE Europe; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join QBE Europe as a Senior Finance Manager, Management Reporting on a fixed-term basis. In this role, you'll lead the financial reporting function, ensuring compliance and delivering timely financial data. As a qualified accountant, you'll play a key role in driving strategic analysis while mentoring your team. If you want to make a real impact in a culture that emphasizes flexibility and support, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

30 days holiday a year

Flexible working

Pension with employer contributions

Private medical insurance

Family friendly policies

Short term remote work abroad

Sustainable investing options

Cycle-to-Work scheme

Qualifications

• Strong financial accounting background required.
• Experience in strategic analysis and management reporting processes.
• Practical experience in financial reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of accurate financial data for QBE Group.
• Produce reports for Board presentations on financial performance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Financial Data Reporting

Financial Management

Stakeholder Management

Coaching for success

Communication

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tertiary Degree

Job description

Primary Details Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee

Senior Finance Manager, Management Reporting

London/ Hybrid

FTC for 12 – 24 months

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Financial Reporting team as a Senior Finance Manager for Management reporting on a 12–24 month fixed term basis. The purpose of this role is to oversee the delivery of precise and timely financial data for the QBE Group and its divisions, ensuring compliance with statutory and management reporting standards. This position involves leading the identification of reporting needs at a portfolio level and developing the necessary procedures and tools to fulfil these requirements effectively.

Your New Role:

• Develop the functional strategy and prioritise operational deliverables and activities of the Group Finance team.

• Design, build and enhance a reporting and operational framework in order to meet requirements of key stakeholders plus statutory and regulatory reporting submissions

• Produce reports for presentation to the EO executives and Boards on financial performance on a regular and ad hoc basis

• Contribute to the overall strategy for the department across the organization

• Ensure that financial data and reports comply with the appropriate management, statutory and regulatory requirements, plus QBE Group accounting guidance and best practice guidelines

• Manage the preparation and production of regular reporting to Group ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.

• Deliver high-quality and timely financial information for internal and external reporting deadlines.

• Regularly monitor and review reporting requirements (including documentation of procedures) in order to ensure compliance

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to understand their issues and determine their requirements

• Maintain regular communication with peers across QBE, as appropriate to ensure consistency, transfer of knowledge and promotion of best practice

• Produce and submit all executive management reports, statutory reports, regulatory returns and Group finance reports in line with specified timescales to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements

• Continue to seek out improvements in system reporting and interpretation of results to enhance quality of delivery

• Work closely with Group Business Solutions to identify appropriate system solutions to meet business needs.

• Provide support to Group finance activities such as financing transactions and accounting advice.

• Promote a culture of high performance and strong technical knowledge within the team.

• Actively mentor team members to assist in their personal development.

About you:

• Qualified Accountant

• Strong financial accounting background.

• Experience in strategic analysis.

• Experience in developing management and statutory reporting processes and systems.

• Practical experience in management and financial reporting environments.

• Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.

At My Best - QBE Benefits

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.

• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.

• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.

• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.

• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.

• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.

• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.

• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

To find out more visit our Reward Page

QBE Awards

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer

UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year

Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report

What next?If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

Skills:

Coaching for success, Communication, Critical Thinking, Detail-Oriented, Financial Data Reporting, Financial Management, Financial Products, Influencing, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Reporting and Analysis, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Working Independently

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.