Job Overview
For those charged with governance, the focus on setting clear, high-quality financial reporting, robust accounting judgements, effective finance processes, and reliable control environments has never been greater. Our Accounting & Controls Advisory team specialises in assurance over financial statements, transactions, accounting and internal controls skills helping clients respond to complex accounting, regulatory, controls, and finance change requirements. By collaborating with other teams and our global network of specialists, we deliver assurance that protects the public interest and fosters even greater levels of trust, underpinned by our priority focus on quality.
Responsibilities
- Lead Transformative Projects: Direct and deliver impactful Insurance transformation projects for our global clients, guiding teams to exceptional results while providing expert finance advice.
- Cultivate Key Client Relationships: Build and nurture strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, becoming their trusted advisor on all matters related to Insurance finance, including the interpretation, implementation, and ongoing application of standards covering IFRS 17, IFRS 9, and beyond.
- Provide Expert Technical Advice: Advise clients on IFRS, Solvency UK, and UK GAAP accounting matters, including complex accounting queries, financial statement reviews, and technical accounting papers.
- Foster Team Collaboration: Collaborate closely with senior leadership and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of excellence and knowledge sharing within the Insurance practice.
- Drive Practice Growth: Play a pivotal role in expanding our insurance practice through thought leadership, knowledge sharing, team development, and identifying new market opportunities.
- Leading and supporting clients in strengthening their internal control environments, including SOX controls.
- Designing, reviewing, and overseeing the testing of controls (design and operating effectiveness) across insurance processes.
- Advising clients on finance transformation programmes, ensuring controls are effectively embedded within new and evolving processes.
- Driving the documentation and review of end-to-end insurance processes, ensuring clear linkage between risks, controls, and reporting outcomes.
Essential Qualifications
- Significant experience across insurance audit, industry, or advisory environments, with exposure to complex insurance accounting, transactions, internal controls, and/or finance transformation.
- Deep knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, and Solvency UK, including practical IFRS 17 experience.
- Broad knowledge and awareness of developments in Insurance regulation.
- Understanding of technology and the impact of AI and automation on the Insurance industry.
- Commercial awareness of the issues and challenges faced by Insurance CFOs.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end insurance processes and associated risks.
- Experience in risk and control frameworks, including control design, assessment, and testing, with exposure to SOX requirements.
- Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and influence at all levels.
- Qualified ACA/ACCA accountant or equivalent.
- Strong people management and development skills with a focus on team growth.
- Solution-oriented with the ability to continuously adapt to changing requirements and a strong focus on quality.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience in large-scale multi-year finance implementation or transformation programs.
Location & Working Arrangements
You’ll be based in London with hybrid working. We support a flexible working environment; depending on the requirements of your role, you can work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely, meeting face to face when needed while collaborating and learning from colleagues, sharing your experiences, and building relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing.
Return-to-Work Support
We can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh knowledge and skills and help transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more.
Our Culture & Commitment
Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
Making an impact is more than what we do: it’s why we’re here. We work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. We nurture a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. Your wellbeing is taken seriously because when you’re comfortable and at your best, you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability. We’ll make sure it never stops growing. From the complex work you do to the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
We encourage you to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day, and you’ll never stop growing, wherever your level.
Employee Testimonials
“Deloitte is known for its flexible working environment and the support it offers to new parents. As a first-time mother I was a bit nervous about joining the team, but the people around me have made it easy for me to manage my career around personal commitments.” – Deloitte Employee
“I assumed the culture would be very corporate; however, I have worked with people who have different personalities and approaches to the way they work. We do have a clear brand, but everyone is encouraged to be themselves.” – Alice, Audit and Assurance
“The team I support works with one of Deloitte’s biggest clients. To be involved with such an influential client so early in my career is really rewarding; I love it.” – Owen, Audit and Assurance
“The progression at Deloitte is steady and I’ve always felt in control of my own career path. You can learn something new here every day which I really enjoy.” – Ali, Audit and Assurance
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