Assistant Manager, Finance (IFRS 17, Big4 Welcome)

Bowtie Life Insurance Company; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Flexible work arrangement

Medical/dental coverage

Employee discounts

Startup culture

Weekly sharing sessions

Professional Development Sponsorship

Job summary

Bowtie Life Insurance Company in Hong Kong is seeking a seasoned IFRS 17 specialist to drive the infrastructure setup, testing, and implementation for HKFRS 17 reporting. You will collaborate with actuaries, finance, and data engineering teams to build robust reporting processes and enable month-end close, group consolidation, and automation.

The role requires hands-on IFRS 17 / HKFRS 17 experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and certification (CPA/ACCA or equivalent).

Qualifications

• Hands-on IFRS 17 / HKFRS 17 experience required.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex financial information.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with UAT – test cases, expected results, defects tracking and resolution.
• Hands-on group reporting and commercial experience preferred.
• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• IFRS 17 infrastructure setup and implementation, testing and validation.
• General ledger integration and data reconciliation with engineering teams.
• IFRS 17 policy and accounting estimation changes with audit-ready documentation.
• Gap analysis of IFRS 17 results and reporting for various stakeholders.
• IFRS 17 reporting transformation including month-end closing and group consolidation reporting.

Skills

IFRS 17 experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

UAT experience

Group reporting

Financial analysis

Advisory experience

Education

CPA / ACCA or equivalent

Job description

Role Summary

Bowtie’s mission is to make insurance good again, and our vision is to build a category-defining health insurance company.

You will join our IFRS 17 project team, reporting to the Senior Manager within the project team, and work with cross-functional teams — actuarial, finance and data engineering — to run, automate and optimize our IFRS 17 / HKFRS 17 reporting. On a day-to-day basis, youwill collaborate with actuaries and data engineers on ETL setup, general ledger integration, and group reporting, while driving improvements in financial reporting.

Your Key Responsibilities Include:

1. IFRS 17 Infrastructure Setup and Implementation Contribute to the IFRS 17 infrastructure setup by analyzing existing company practices and constraints, and conducting comprehensive testing of the implementation.
2. General Ledger Integration Implement a bridge between legacy and new methodologies, integrate results into the accounting system, perform entry and data reconciliation, and collaborate with engineering teams to develop reporting tools.
3. IFRS 17 Policy and Accounting Estimation Changes Provide expert guidance on accounting estimations, policy development, and technical specifications, documented to an audit-ready standard for insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held, to ensure compliance and accuracy.
4. Gap Analysis Collaborate with the actuarial and finance departments to analyze IFRS 17 results and reporting.
5. IFRS 17 / Reporting Transformation Prepare reports for parent companies and the upstream finance department. Enable the finance team to perform month-end closing, automate the financial reporting process, and shorten the reporting timeline, including group consolidation reporting.

After the IFRS 17 project(s)

1. IFRS 17/ reporting transformation Enable the finance team to perform month-end closing, automate the financial reporting process, and shorten the reporting timeline. This includes group consolidation reporting.
2. Other finance projects Contribute to other finance projects as needed.

About you

You bring hands-on IFRS 17 experience from an insurance, audit or advisory background, strong analytical skills, and the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• 4+ years of experience in (life) insurance finance, or in insurance audit / advisory, with hands‑on IFRS 17 / HKFRS 17 experience

• Working knowledge of both insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held under IFRS 17.

• Exposure to an IFRS 17 sub‑ledger or calculation engine and its general ledger integration.

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) experience strongly preferred – writing test cases and expected results, executing system and end‑to‑end testing, logging and tracking defects through to resolution.

• Hands‑on group reporting and commercial experience strongly preferred.

• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, or equivalent).

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial information.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Innovative, adaptable, and passionate about elevating the finance function’s role in business strategy and success.

We Offer

Apart from a great career path and an opportunity to do good and do well, we also offer:

• Competitive package

• Flexible work arrangement

• Benefits include medical/ dental coverage and wellness programs

• Employee discounts

• Fun, co-operative, and flexible startup culture

• Weekly sharing sessions and regular social gatherings

• Excellent learning opportunities with Professional Development Sponsorship

About Bowtie

We are the first licensed virtual insurer (虛擬保險公司) in Hong Kong.

We believe that insurance is fundamentally good, and we are here to bring the good back through our passionate, innovative, and customer‑centric team.

By combining our deep domain expertise and our own proprietary modern technology, we are building one of the most iconic, category-defining health insurance companies in Asia.

We take pride in moving fast all the time and our track record in moving ahead in the game. Our digital insurance platformis also ranked #2 in the world inSia Partners' 2023 report.

If you are looking for a rewarding career where you will grow together with strong talents from different backgrounds and build products and services that bring a positive impact on the lives of millions of people in Hong Kong / Asia,

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The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, disability, or family status in the employment process.