Head of Finance Business Partners and Reporting

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Munich Re Full time
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About UK Life Branch:

With the office in Munich, it forms the Life 1 division of Munich Re. The UK life market is one of the, if not the, most competitive life markets in the world. We understand that Life insurers work in a dynamic market where medical progress, demographic trends and changing lifestyles are constantly giving rise to new risk landscapes. This demanding situation is made even more challenging by changing laws and regulations and ever tougher competition. So we need a smart strategy and structure in order to succeed.

At UK & Ireland Life we have three pillars to our business strategy, protection, longevity and reinsurance structuring. All three are key to the success of our business so it's important to look at the big picture.
In terms of clients, we trust them as experts of their business and provide them with the financial strength of the world's largest reinsurer, global expertise and sharp pricing so that they are both competitive and profitable.

About the role:

In this role you will manage a team of actuaries and project managers developing further and overseeing the regional financial reporting activities to the LH1 Management team. You will be responsible for building a new team, and coordinating activities of the LH1 Finance Business Partners and projects in the mandate of the LH1 Finance director function in the wider LH1 region. Your team will be a key contributor to delivering transparency on result contributions in the markets and providing steering impulses to the Head of LH1 and his management team. The role could be located in any of the three LH1 hubs and will report to the LH1 Finance Director.

Your Job:
  • Coordinating consistent LH1 finance deliverables for
  • Business and Expense Planning
  • Forecast and Early indication
  • IFRS17/9 reporting
  • SII and VBM
  • HGB
  • Enabling LH1 management to make and assess strategic decisions based on consistent reporting and monitoring of results in the above metrics
  • Developing new KPIs to plan and monitor return on investment of business initiatives
  • Coordinating and developing further the Finance Business Partner function for the three hubs in LH1
  • Developing and maintaining Service Level Agreements for LH1 Finance with non LH1 functions
  • Leading LH1 wide finance initiatives and projects involving Accounting and Business functions
  • Supporting Cluster Management activities for the LH1 IT cluster
  • Providing guidance to business and valuation teams regarding inforce monitoring, liquidity and retrocession management as well as other activities with impact on financials
Your Profile:
  • University degree in mathematics, actuarial science or a similar qualification with a strong quantitative focus
  • Actuarial qualification (e.g. DAV, FIA, FCAS or equivalent) from an internationally recognized body
  • Several years of professional experience with financial reporting processes and projects
  • Strong leadership skills, willingness to assume responsibility, adhesion to the Munich Re leadership values and ability to continuously work on own development
  • A talent for managing interfaces and building networks
  • Outstanding conceptual, analytical and communication skills and a pronounced willingness to innovate, drive change, and clear obstacles
  • Strong presentation, communication, consulting and conceptual skills
  • Convincing, confident and engaging personality, strong customer focus and solution-oriented
  • Strong command of spoken and written English
People Leaders:

You are aware of your role (as a leader) in being able to influence your team structure and culture to promote principles of diversity and inclusion.

You strive to continuously educate yourself on best practice for inclusive leadership.

You demonstrate and role model inclusive behaviour and encourage your colleagues to play an active role in creating an inclusive culture as well.

You support a culture in which high ethical conduct is recognised, valued and embodied by all

You treat everyone fairly and with respect.

You are responsible for recruiting new talent within your team, in addition to other people management responsibilities such as task management, providing regular feedback, having continuous conversations, development planning/career discussions etc.

You are also responsible for driving the performance of your team to meet the business' strategic goals and objectives.

You will consider the impact on the wider business when planning and making decisions.

You will be considered part of the Senior Management Team.

The development of your team is of significant importance to you, you embrace and promote development and act as a Talent Broker, continuously looking for opportunities for them to expand their skills, knowledge and experience.

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