Head of Accounting & Reporting UK & Ireland

Job Description

Job title: Head of Accounting & Reporting UK & Ireland

Company: Allianz

Job description: Are you a senior qualified Finance professional with strong knowledge of IFRS and GAAP? Do you have strong insurance/banking experience including SII reporting? Are you a proven leader and not afraid to challenge the status quo? Then this is the job for you!

Our well respected, talented and highly experienced Finance Team is looking for a natural and enthusiastic leader to join them at a time of significant growth and change. As the Head of Accounting and Reporting you’ll have a broad remit of responsibilities with a key focus on the quality of the regulatory, management, tax and statutory reporting. You will work closely with our amazing CFO, Head of Planning and Controlling and the regional team to drive a strong financial control environment across the two business units and steer the strategic direction of the function.

By overseeing the finance function you’ll ensure accurate and timely regulatory, management, tax and statutory reporting, lead the oversight and review of the financial control environment across both business units and own and manage the relationship with auditors. You will ensure the consistency and appropriateness in accounting methods and the respect of accounting requirements, lead compliance with the business’s internal corporate and finance rules book and drive complex accounting topics across the two business units. You will also have the opportunity to support implementation of Global initiatives at legal entity level, and support and locally drive transformation as required by the Company´s strategy.

What we’re looking for:

• You will have strong technical accounting expertise (IFRS and UK GAAP)
• You must have strong insurance/banking experience, including SII reporting
• You will be pro-active and not afraid to challenge the status quo
• You must have team management and development experience
• You will have the ability to influence and lead others
• You must be able to focus on timely delivery of quality outputs
• You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ideally have change management experience

Qualifications:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified;

Hours:

Thirty-five hours a week. However, flexibility will be required in line with the needs of the business.

You will receive excellent training for this role as we are dedicated to ‘Achieving Excellence Through Learning.’ You are always encouraged to bring your ideas and highlight any areas for improvement in processes.

Staff Benefits

In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development, in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits.

We will provide you with competitive annual leave and contribute up to 6.5% towards a company pension scheme. You will have access to a range of discounts on Allianz products, as well as vouchers and discounts for high street and online retailers. You will also benefit from our Private Medical Cover, competitive annual leave, annual Flu vaccination, annual Eye Care vouchers, discounted travel/pet/musical/home/car Insurance, Roadside Assistance free after 6 months’ probation and up to three paid days for Corporate Social Responsibility.

We also provide a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is available from day one of employment. Confidential 24/7 helpline and an app to access life, money and wellbeing resources including mental wellbeing support, debt and legal advice.

Successful applicants to our career opportunities will be able to demonstrate they share the values and behaviours we seek in our organisation.

See ‘ as an organisation, to find out more about us.

Allianz Partners is a world leading B2B2C specialist and expert in the creation and delivery of unique solutions that combine service, insurance and technology to provide worldwide protection and care.

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

Great to have you on board. Let’s care for tomorrow.

**NO AGENCIES PLEASE**

Expected salary:

Location: Ireland – London

Job date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 06:23:45 GMT

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