Finance Manager

My client, based in the West Yorkshire, is looking to recruit a Finance Manager to deliver high-quality reporting, forecasting and analysis for their indemnity schemes. Ideally you will be from an insurance or a financial services background and possess strong finance and commercial experience.

Day to day you will be responsible for delivering high-quality financial planning and analysis to support reserving for the indemnity schemes. You will also support the development and implementation of financial policies and processes to ensure effective financial management and governance.

Your responsibilities will include:

Managing the valuation of the indemnity scheme provisions, which are unique and central to the organisation. This includes handling, modelling, and analysing complex data sets, working with actuarial advisers (including Government Actuary's Department - GAD) and other experts, and reporting the best estimate of the scheme liabilities.

• Managing and coordinating month end and year end activities and supporting projects
• Developing forecasts, full year outturns, and carrying out ad hoc analysis to understand variances, trends, and risks, and to support decision making
• Supporting production of Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) and the external audit
• Supporting reserving cycle activities and ownership of actions from formal working groups

You will be a qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) accountant with excellent financial analysis, modelling and interpretation skills which would help the organisation understand historical performance and apply to forecasting activities, along with trends that may impact future performance, as well as key assumption changes. You will also have excellent planning and organisational skills and be used to delivering both accurately and to timelines, in a complex and fast paced environment.

This role is being offered on a permanent basis with 1 day a week required in Leeds. Salary range for the role is £53,755 to £60,504.