This role will support the delivery of Finance change relating to projects from L&G Business Units and Group Finance that impact the FRO finance function. In particular, the delivery of IFRS17 capabilities. You will take a significant role in the management, design, delivery and implementation of change that affects the FRO accounting systems and processes.

This role will support the delivery of Finance change relating to projects from L&G Business Units and Group Finance that impact the FRO finance function. In particular, the delivery of IFRS17 capabilities. You will take a significant role in the management, design, delivery and implementation of change that affects the FRO accounting systems and processes.

You will be required to work effectively with the appropriate business divisions and internal customers to ensure that all systems and process changes are effectively designed and delivered through to production in an efficient, cost-effective and timely manner, whilst maintaining technical accounting integrity and alignment with commercial objectives. Through effective networks, communication management and technical ability and experience, you will be responsible for ensuring any requirements impacting accounting systems are captured and delivered. This includes a detailed review of the accounting systems and processes impacted by the change, identifying the impacts, proposing solutions through innovative and creative methods and delivering the end to end change methodology as required to enable the business to succeed.

Key Responsibilities

• Finance Architecture and Analysis: Develop and model FRO business accounting finance functions, processes, information flows and data structures, linking to business systems and data. Use best practice research and analysis techniques to exploit financial management efficiencies, business opportunities and achieve strategic goals.
• Technical Delivery: Define requirements, specifications, conduct feasibility studies, produce high level and detailed accounting  models, support testing and implementation of solutions, on behalf of senior FRO Business management to deliver a measurable impact on financial accounting efficiency and controls for the profitability of FRO.
• Impact Assessment: Assess projects across the L&G Group to identify impacts on FRO financial accounting, and aligned processes. Ensure that change activity is identified and delivered to ensure that those processes remain fully aligned and understood within the business and that performance can be monitored against targets and delivery against on-going performance measures.
• Change Delivery: Proactively support the FRO Head of Change and Director of FRO, in identifying, prioritising and delivering key initiatives and projects which address financial issues, and use knowledge and experience to recommend solutions.
• Internal Relationship Management: Manage the relationship with Financial Reporting & Operations  and the other areas outside of FRO where necessary to ensure the requirements of FRO are fully delivered within time, budget and to an appropriate high quality, ensuring the deployment of necessary business and technical knowledge to support the delivery.

Key Skills

• Nearly or newly qualified Accountant or equivalent, by having relevant financial experience, with good experience within a Life Company or Consultancy.
• Understanding of current accounting standards applicable to Insurance companies, such as IFRS17
• Understanding of the processes and systems architecture used by Finance teams and how this fits with business processes and systems architecture  
• Experience of using Finance systems, data to support the achievement of financial and non-financial objectives
• Experience of project lifecycle in the finance environment.
• The ability to communicate confidently with management reasonably complex business matters to financial and non-financial audiences.
• Initiative and take ownership.
• Practical and hands on approach.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 27 days' holiday,private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

For more information please contact Chloe McCauley - Resourcing Lead - chloe.mccauley@landg.com