Financial Controller - Global Insurance Group

Woodland Partners are working exclusively with this rapidly expanding Insurance group who have recently gone through a period of expansion due to a large investment. As part of this growth the CFO is now looking to recruit an FC straight from a major accounting firm to oversee the accounting function including all group statutory reporting under IFRS, reporting to a US parent, monthly management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, design and implementation of accounting policies, and management of the internal control function.Role Responsibilities:Actively oversee the financial reporting of the Group’s entities and effectively report to senior internal and external stakeholdersMaintain and enhance the internal control environment with regards to Group reporting activities and the broader financial control framework.Responsible for establishing documentation and self-assessment protocolsResponsible for managing & effectively liaising with the Group auditors and assist with audit queries during the year end period and reporting on efficacy to the audit committeeOversight of the alignment of IFRS accounting policies that most closely align to US GAAP, purchase accounting, technical accounting research (revenue recognition, purchase accounting, shared-based payments)Partner with the Underwriting/ Operations / Claims department to produce relevant MI data to facilitate strategic decision makingDirect all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic finance across multiple product lines, regions and entitiesOversight of transactional accounting including payroll, premium accounting function, and other day to day transactional accountingSkills & ExperiencePost 5-7 years fully qualified ACA from a Big 4 audit Firm.Strong audit, technical and financial reporting knowledge within the insurance/ re(insurance) sectorAbility to constructively challenge and analyse resultsHands on approach and a keen eye for detailStrong control mindset and experienceGood Ability to learn accounting and operating systems is crucial, but specific knowledge of those systems is not a prerequisite.Our client is only considering candidates straight from Practice. This is an exceptional opportunity to get involved with an organisation at a very exciting time in their expansion and also to get involved in a wide variety of tasks alongside exposure to Investors and the Board. This role will ultimately becomes the stand-in for the CFO when he is not available.