Job Description

Senior Financial Reporting Accountant

We look after the financial future of over 6 million people across the UK. We take this responsibility incredibly seriously, and want our people to understand and be excited by our strategy and our vision for the future.

The Role:

As a Senior Financial Reporting Accountant, based here in Wythall, you’ll provide key support to our “Business As Usual” processes across the financial reporting calendar, build your knowledge of a range of our funds, and quickly gain exposure to stakeholders, right up to a senior level. From production of quarterly regulatory and semi-annual statutory submissions, to analysing data from our fund accounting and actuarial teams, to dealing with queries from stakeholders around the business, you’ll play a key role in ensuring we meet our financial reporting obligations as a highly-regarded FTSE 100 organisation.

You’ll also be responsible for managing and motivating two members of staff, ensuring that they are able to support delivery of the team’s reporting objectives.

We’re passionate about sharing best practice across our teams, so there’ll be plenty of encouragement for you to keep up-to-date with industry developments or new reporting standards affecting our business.

You’ll also play a key role in assisting with the testing, implementation and integration of any resulting changes to our systems or processes, in order to improve the way we work and to minimise any risks to which we’re exposed.

You’ll also gain the opportunity to demonstrate your technical knowledge, through authorship of Board papers.

What we’re looking for:

You will likely be a qualified accountant, and you’ll ideally have previous experience of working within a Financial Services environment, together with a good working knowledge of reporting standards such as IFRS (with previous exposure to regulatory reporting under the Solvency II regime being particularly advantageous, but not essential).

You’ll be comfortable with:

• taking ownership of a wide range of tasks;
• working to tight deadlines;
• using your initiative to suggest and implement process improvements where appropriate;
• applying a critical eye to look more deeply into financial information, to understand the full picture of what our numbers really mean at a commercial and strategic level

You should also be able to demonstrate:

• knowledge of the practical issues involved in the production of financial reports;

- strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders; - adaptability and approachability in a close team environment; and

• an ability to be self-motivated and organised

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities