FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager

We are currently recruiting for a FP&A Manager with London markets experience to join one of our Insurance clients on a 6-month contract.

Inside IR35

Hybrid- 2 days a week onsite

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partner key business stakeholders and their direct reports/ including both supporting and challenging where appropriate business stakeholders and their direct reports defined by business area or region
• Provide constant feedback to the business on Plan progress and playback the final signed off Plan
• Understand the results and performance at a legal entity level and work closely and build strong relationships with the Legal Entity business partners
• Attend divisional and Integrated Business Unit (IBU) management meetings as required for your area of responsibility
• Responsible for collecting and reviewing business inputs for Plan at both and SBU and entity level, ensuring understanding of all P&L components (albeit many aspects will be collected and input into planning tool centrally - reinsurance contracts, loss ratios, expenses, etc)
• Provide key assistance in the business planning process; working closely with the Central Planning team to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the business plan, contributing to packs and commentaries to explain movements and supporting a full review of the numbers ahead of submission to Global Risk Solutions
• Responsibility for ad hoc tasks related to their division
• Responsible for ensuring their business unit(s) is aware of their Expense and FTE position versus Plan
• Where appropriate work closely with their Actuarial counterpart(s) to understand latest pricing trends and Reserve Review outcomes
• Record and track risks & opportunities versus Plan for their business unit(s)
• Produce monthly full year forecasts
• Work closely with the Reporting team to ensure the result is landed correctly and journals are posted where required (by Reporting team)
• Work closely with the Planning team to ensure assumptions are appropriate
• Present and clearly explain financial analysis (actuals and plan) to the underwriting teams, senior stakeholders amd GRS often within very tight timescales;

Skills and Experience:

• ACA/ CIMA/ACCA qualified with relevant work experience, preferably in the same or similar role.

• An in depth knowledge of level of insurance accounting and industry knowledge.
• A trusted advisor who is highly skilled at developing key relationships and the abiity to quickly build credibility, trust and rapport to encourage open and meaningful dialogue.

• Highly analytical approach to work to complete detailed analysis with structured, robust approach to data manipulation, interpretation and present findings in a clear and simple manner.

• Ability to consider a variety of data and information sources, approaches and possible outcomes for decision making.

• Ability to ensure metrics and decisions are aligned to strategic priorities and supported by fact based quatitative and qualititative data, information and analytical thinking.

• A high level of resilience, demonstrating the ability to effectively manage stakeholders and deadlines, through effective planning, organisational skills and ability to adapt to changing situations, people and environments.

• Demonstrates a good knowledge of risk management and application.

• Minimum Intermediate MS Excel skills and experience with Microsoft BI, SAP and Oryx planning would be advantageous.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.