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Avencia Consulting are recruiting for a Technical Reporting Manager to join one of their leading Insurance clients based in the City.
Key Accountabilities
Reporting and Close Oversight
- Lead all aspects of the monthly and quarterly close process for technical accounting.
- Ensuring accurate and timely delivery of the Technical P&L, balance sheet, and commission reporting for company.
- Review and sign-off on monthly and quarterly management accounts, technical reporting packs, and lead schedules.
- Maintain rigorous financial controls and ensure adherence to accounting policies, group reporting requirements, and US GAAP.
- Deliver clear, actionable insights to senior management and business stakeholders through technical results commentary and reporting packs.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities in reporting processes, data quality, and system workflows - leveraging automation tools (e.g. Alteryx), working around system limitations, and driving greater standardisation and audit readiness.
- Support and help lead the remediation of key financial reporting issues caused by upstream data quality - working cross-functionally to implement sustainable solutions.
Control Environment and Audit Readiness
- Support SOX-level control implementation and ongoing monitoring across technical close processes.
- Serve as the primary contact for technical accounting matters for internal and external auditors
- Ensure the timely delivery of audit requirements and resolution of audit queries.
- Maintain appropriate documentation, narratives, and control logs to support audit trails and risk mitigation.
Team Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
- Manage and mentor a team of qualified accountants, fostering technical excellence,
- ownership, and continuous learning.
- Conduct reviews of team deliverables, ensure quality control over technical reporting schedules and support the professional development of junior staff.
- Collaborate with underwriting, actuarial, treasury, and operations functions to validate and enhance reported results and analysis.
- Provide regular updates and escalate key risks or issues to senior finance leadership with suggested actions and outcomes.
Skills & Experience
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Minimum of 3-5 years' post-qualification experience in an insurance or reinsurance environment, ideally including listed company experience
- Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP for insurance accounting and related disclosure requirements
- Proven experience in financial reporting, operational controls, and complex data driven analysis
- Demonstrated ability to manage teams, prioritise workload, and deliver under pressure within a fast-paced, regulated environment
- Advanced Excel skills essential; experience with automation tools (e.g. Alteryx) and accounting systems (Oracle, SAP Concur) advantageous
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical outcomes for a non-technical audience