Finance Manager

Mar 14, 2025
Croydon
Full Time
Bletchley Recruitment
Skills
Cognos • Forecasting • Hyperion • Dealership Experience • QuickBooks • Accounting • Corporate Finance • Financial Analysis • Financial Modeling • Budgeting • Financial Management • Financial Planning
The Role
Cognos • Forecasting • Hyperion • Dealership Experience • QuickBooks • Accounting • Corporate Finance • Financial Analysis • Financial Modeling • Budgeting • Financial Management • Financial Planning
Company Description
Our client is a business platform helping insurance teams to grow. They provide a wrap-around set of support functions and deliver best-in-class service.

Key Responsibilities of Finance Manager
Financial Reporting & Control
  • Manage the production of all GroupManagement and Statutory accounts, ensuring that they are prepared accurately and published on a timely basis.
  • Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported.
  • Continuous improvements and maintenance of a robust financial reporting and controls framework.
  • Ensure compliance with the latest accounting standards as appropriate.
Insurance Finance
  • Ensure that all insurance monies are held in accordance with relevant regulations.
  • Ensure alignment with Group and regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure alignment with Carrier requirements.
  • Regular monitoring of all insurance balances to ensure any issues are promptly identified for resolution, e.g. unallocated cash position, aged debt profile.
Tax Planning and Financial Compliance
  • Oversee all tax, regulatory and financial compliance matters.
  • Ensure that all tax returns are accurate and submitted on a timely basis.
  • Audit
  • Collaborate with internal audit services to ensure proper compliance with all internal controls.
  • Ensuring that key audit deliverables are provided on a timely basis.
  • Oversee audit requirements with external auditor firm KPMG in the UK and Belgium.
General
  • Support the Financial Controller in all matters relating to the smooth running of Our client, including all operating companies.
  • Support the senior management to ensure that process and operational requirements are met.
  • Working with the Systems and Data team to embed data governance protocols and data stewardship planning into planning and forecasting processes.
  • Ad hoc business analysis/projects
  • Any other duties assigned by your line manager relevant to the role/time.
The Candidate for Finance Manager requirements
  • Qualified accountant.
  • Strong written and spoken communication skills to enable communication at all levels.
  • Ability to handle a varied workload and competing priorities.
  • Strong analytical, research and reporting skills.
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Understanding of different accounting standard reporting and requirements, e.g. IFRS, US GAAP
  • Be willing to work onsite in Croydon 5 days a week. No hybrid working arrangements are offered.
Qualifications
  • ACA ACCA ACMA