Finance Manager Accountant

2 weeks ago

Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom Legal & General Full time

Company Description

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind the scenes. It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Affairs – to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Closing Date: 3rd June 2024

Job Description

We are recruiting for a Finance Manager into our Financial Reporting Centre. The primary focus of this role will be the production and review of legal entity financial reporting and statutory accounts, driving improvement in the annual statutory reporting processes and playing a key role in the wider change agenda across the team.

The FRC Non-Insurance Financial Reporting team is responsible for the delivery of statutory and regulatory Reporting for a number of Legal & General entities.

Delivery Management

  • Lead and manage the statutory accounts production process and delivery for the FRC Non-Insurance Financial Reporting team.
  • Manage key group reporting IFRS reporting deliverables for assigned entities in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Work with key customers on resolving reporting queries, including agreeing reporting requirements and deadlines, with effective communication and presentation of solutions and results.
  • Ensure all financial reporting is performed accurately and to agreed timelines, with appropriate liaison with divisional Finance teams, Group technical resources and external auditors.

Team Management

  • To manage team members team in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, so that the team’s business objectives are achieved consistently.

Internal Relationship Management

  • Develop and maintain positive and constructive relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure deliverables are understood, planned, and delivered for integration into financial reporting processes.

Process Management

  • Proactively lead the continued enhancement and standardisation of the statutory accounts production process, with appropriate collaboration with key stakeholders.
  • Ensure associated process and control documentation is maintained, updating as necessary in line with agreed standards.

Projects & Change Management

  • Represent the team as directed on key projects, providing insight on financial reporting processes, supporting decision making and ensuring requirements are considered and included in project plans.

Treating Customers Fairly

  • Ensuring that the appropriate Finance MI, processes, and systems are in place to provide support to Group Finance so that customers are treated fairly in line with Legal & General’s Customer Experience and TCF policy.

Who we're looking for:

  • Qualified accountant with significant PQE
  • Good knowledge of current IFRS accounting standards and best practice reporting processes.
  • Previous experience of statutory accounts production required.
  • Ability to proactively manage own workload and delegate as appropriate.
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and manage multiple deliverables to the required timelines.
  • Ability to work with others to find solutions to process and accounting queries.
  • Ability to develop robust controls.
  • Ability to adapt communication style appropriately to audience.
  • Proactively questioning and improving the status quo, thinking outside the current framework in order to improve productivity, efficiency and processes.
  • Ability to motivate others in order to meet team and individual targets, as well as developing the skills and capability of the team.
  • Be part of a culture of teamwork and participation with colleagues both within own and wider teams.
  • Good coaching skills and ability to lead by example.

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

  • The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
  • Generous pension contribution
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
  • At least 27 days holiday, plus public holidays, 28 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
  • Competitive family leave
  • Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
  • There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
  • In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional information

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We’re one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.

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