Head of Financial Reporting

A London market Underwriting business is recruiting for a Head of Financial Reporting to lead the build out of the Financial Reporting team.

Following an extended period of growth both organically and via acquisition an experienced finance leader is now required to lead and develop a high performing Financial Reporting team, design, develop and implement process improvements to enhance reporting effectiveness and ensure best practise over all processes, develop and maintain excellent standards of control, governance and documentation across international financial accounting processes, ensure timely completion of Financial Reporting month-end and year-end close processes, partner with the Tax Manager to ensure delivery of direct and indirect tax processes, review and quality check all existing technical accounting documentation and financial control policies to ensure completeness, act as subject matter expert for accounting concepts, standards, policies and controls, and lead the delivery of UK financial accounting projects, as well as UK participation in Group projects.

Applicants must be qualified accountants with practical experience of IFRS, US GAAP, SOX, and SEC reporting gained within an insurance business, be comfortable working in a very fast paced and change orientated environment and have strong knowledge of internal control requirements and FRS 102.