Business Change Accountant - Life Insurance

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AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with M&G to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of M&G, AMS are looking for a Business Change Accountant - Life Insurance, for a 6 month day rate contract based in Stirling or Edinburgh, with two days per week on site.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Purpose of the role

We are seeking a senior, fully qualified finance professional to support the delivery of complex change across a growing Life Insurance business. This role sits at the intersection of Finance, Product and Transformation, focusing on the design and implementation of end-to-end finance solutions for new propositions and strategic capability developments. You will act as a subject matter expert within Financial Control and Finance Operations, ensuring reporting, governance and control frameworks are robust, scalable and fit for purpose as the business evolves.

What you'll do

• Support the design and delivery of end-to-end finance solutions for new Life Insurance and pensions propositions.
• Act as a Finance SME within complex change and transformation programmes.
• Assess and articulate the financial and reporting impacts of new products and system changes.
• Partner with Finance Operations, Reporting and Change teams to ensure new capabilities are implemented in a controlled and timely manner.
• Contribute to solution design, system testing and implementation activities across finance and policy administration platforms.
• Support the enhancement of financial control environments and embedding of improved reporting processes.
• Facilitate workshops and engage senior stakeholders across Finance and the wider business.
• Ensure changes are successfully transitioned into BAU with clear ownership and benefit realisation.

The Skills you'll need

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA) or qualified actuary (FIA, FFA).
• Strong experience within a Life Insurance environment.
• In-depth understanding of Life and pensions financial reporting under UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Experience supporting or leading finance change or transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of financial control frameworks and regulatory environments.
• Ability to translate complex insurance propositions into finance and reporting solutions.
• Experience working with finance systems and supporting system or architectural change.
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to grasp complex concepts quickly.

Why M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.