Financial Reporting Manager

At Legal & General Insurance we look after our customers throughout life, death and everything in between so that you know that everything that’s important to you is protected. With over 180 years’ experience in providing Insurance policies, our customers trust us to be there and to do the right thing.

Working here is about being there for our customers; we’re available should the worst happen and we work together to enable social and financial equality across the UK. But it’s also about you –how you develop and what you can achieve. We’ll help your talent thrive in an environment where you’ll be supported to work flexibly and autonomously, sharing in our success and rewarded for a great performance with a generous benefits package.

The Financial Reporting Manager is a newly created role that sits within our General Insurance (GI) division (£300m+ gross written premium) based in the heart of Birmingham city centre. GI is a highly successful, fast paced and ambitious part of Legal & General and with a new CEO leading the division this will continue to be an exciting business to work for.

The Financial Reporting Manager for GI will be responsible for:

• Production and presentation of high quality and robust financial, management and regulatory reporting (IFRS, Solvency II) and supporting the planning and forecasting process
• Instigating and driving reporting process improvements and developing finance systems, creating a step-change in effectiveness and efficiency
• Leading and developing a high performance team and collaborating widely providing finance support on business and finance projects

Qualifications:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) Knowledge:
• Strong financial acumen • Very good technical financial reporting
• Regulatory reporting experience (preferably Solvency II / PRA) Skills:
• Experienced in financial, management and regulatory reporting
• Experienced leading planning and forecasting processes
• Strong using, leveraging and developing finance systems and data models
• Experienced instigating and driving change and continuous improvement
• Experience implementing finance systems preferable (e.g. anaplan)
• Experienced leading and developing high performance teams

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days' holiday (plus one day after two years), private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.