Senior FP&A Manager Transformation

Are you experienced with FP&A? Have you successfully taken on transformation projects?

Overview:

We're seeking a Senior FP&A Manager - Transformation Lead with deep sector knowledge and a track record of success in regulated environments to drive a critical project within a leading insurance group. This role will focus on streamlining the system across the Group Finance while optimising processes, controls, and systems in alignment with the demands of the insurance sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Transformation Leadership: Oversee the delivery of a finance-wide initiative to reduce the Working Day Timetable, improving speed and accuracy across reporting cycles in Group Finance.
• Insurance Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with Heads of Finance across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and shared services teams to capture and map reporting processes and regulatory deliverables, presented through workflow documentation and activity trackers.
• Process Design & Optimisation: Lead workshops and mapping sessions to dissect current-state processes and identify opportunities for automation, standardisation, and alignment to industry best practices-particularly focused on the utilisation of the OneStream system.
• System Implementation: Spearhead the implementation of an in-house sytem, tailored for the complex, recurring deliverables of insurance finance teams-spanning monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting timelines.
• Executive Reporting & Governance: Deliver compelling updates to executive stakeholders, including calculated time savings, action timelines, and dependencies across teams. Support the culture shift toward data-driven continuous improvement.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CAANZ or equivalent), with experience in the FP&A space
• Proven experience in finance FP&A transformation within the insurance sector
• Previous experience in a listed business
• Familiar with SOX compliance frameworks and internal control optimisation.
• Expertise in Group Finance operations, with an in-depth understanding of closing, forecasting, and regulatory reporting requirements specific to insurance.
• Strong systems exposure and experience with OneStream is a distinct advantage.
• Excellent communicator and facilitator, capable of influencing senior stakeholders across finance, actuarial, and IT functions.
• Comfortable working in agile, dynamic environments with a solutions-oriented mindset.

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