Finance Operations Manager

Job Title: Finance Operations Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Location: London

Opportunity Overview: A fantastic opportunity has become available to join a UK leading specialty insurance and reinsurance company, Aspen, as a Finance Operations Manager.

Role Objective: Management of operational accounting and finance reporting activities within the UK entities relating to Premium Debtor and Claim Creditor processes. Ensuring that the accuracy, currency and consistency of underlying data appropriately facilitates the production of financial reporting/analyses, and ensures that management and leadership teams are kept informed about financial performance/risks.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategy and Planning
• Contributes to, monitors and advises on the plan developments and changes in order to ensure relevancy, compliance and optimal delivery
• Assists in the preparation and implementation of the operational team plans to ensure these are in line with wider business strategy and reflect key priorities.
• Determines own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans to ensure the achievement of the function’s objectives.

Policy, Process and Procedures
• Supports the implementation of the Finance strategy to enable delivery of overall business targets.
• Adheres to Finance standards, instructions and good practice to minimise risk and maximise efficiency
• Performs finance activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met.
Technical Performance
• Produces reports, analyses and management information to inform decision making and to notify management/ leadership teams in respect of financial performance relating to claim creditors and premium debtors.
• Provides support in relation to the completion and reporting of financing transactions, and may provide guidance in relation to financial due diligence and general accounting application
• Acts as a senior referral point to give advice to other members of the finance team on specific tasks, to check outputs and to provide approval as part of standard workflow

Requirements:

Knowledge
• Knowledge of the market the company operates in and London Market Operations (Lloyd’s, IUA, LPSO, LPC etc).
• Strong understanding of Aspen’s business objectives and how own role/team contributes to these.
• Knowledge of Aspen HR Policies and Practices
• Sound working knowledge of premium and/or claims processing and documentation
• Good working knowledge of FCA, and other, regulations as they pertain to insurance intermediaries - particularly in relation to the handling of client money & money laundering.

Skills
• IT literate
• Good written and verbal communications skills - is articulate and confident
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent analytical skills
• Effective time management skills with the ability to manage priorities to meet strict deadlines

Experience
• Financial services experience, specifically within the insurance sector
• Has managed others
• Highly desirable - relevant accounting qualification (such as such as AAT, ACCA, in the UK or alternatively qualified by experience by proven track record of finance related positions

Don’t hesitate and apply today!