Senior Accountant

Job Description

M&G have a vision to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business. They are looking for people who are excited about joining them on their journey. They are digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovationto develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for their customers. To help them achieve their vision theyre looking for exceptional people who live their values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple.The Role:There is an exciting opportunity to support M&G plcs plans in respect of Corporate Risk and Investment Solutions. We are looking for strong candidates to lead a team of Finance experts in supporting the design and implementation of the new propositionsand products. This team will be responsible for providing finance expertise to the design team and leading the development of innovative solutions to enable speedy and controlled adoption for financial reporting purposes.You will lead the development of Finance capabilities to design and adopt new products and solutions:

• The role will require the successful candidate to develop a strong overview of the M&G plc business and a deep knowledge of new products/markets.
• The role will require strong communication skills, explaining complex financial concepts to non-finance experts and make a strong contribution to the product design process.
• The role holder will have the ability to quickly understand and adopt new and complex concepts quickly.
• The role holder will lead a team in the successful implementation of new propositions. The team will include both direct reports and experts from across the finance function.
• The role holder will be a qualified accountant.

Key Work Level Accountabilities: Manager or Expert:

• Accountable for managing and motivating others to ensure quality of delivery to customers and stakeholders
• Applies judgement to deliver outcomes, evaluating a range of potential solutions, considering the impact for customers, cost and risk
• Manages conflicts that may impact delivery

Key Responsibilities for this role:

• Lead a team of Finance professionals, in the delivery of solutions to implement new proposition/products in an efficient, commercial and controlled manner.
• Drive business growth by contributing to the design of innovative, efficient and financially sound product solutions.
• Ensure the provision of high quality financial reporting input to the business.
• Liaise with the wider Finance teams to ensure reporting capabilities for new propositions are in place in a timely and controlled manner.
• Develop a team which challenges the status quo, embraces changes, strives to make continuous incremental improvements and is responsive to future business requirements.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of financial services, regulatory and legislative frameworks, including IFRS and Solvency II principles and associated external reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Experience of leading change including bringing new products to market. Significant experience of preparing financial information for the purposes of meeting internal and external reporting requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of financial services regulatory and legislative environment and reporting metrics
• Knowledge of life and pensions products, markets and competitors
• Working knowledge of the impact of governance, risk and compliance processes
• An understanding of the commercial implications of decisions
• Significant experience in understanding the wider business and distilling this information to provide understandable results to the business

• Experience of using different technologies to develop and improve processes.
• Experience of disseminating complex quality information to internal and external stakeholders (including regulators and rating agencies) and ensuring it is understood
• Experience of delivering advanced financial findings and results to an audience with varying degrees of sophistication by breaking down complex information and challenging others to appropriately limit technical jargon
• Experience of using understanding of the business linked with finance knowledge to support the business and of making recommendations and helping to originate creative solutions
• Experience of leading teams to deliver under pressure and/or to tight timescales

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria, please click the link to apply and we will be in touch with you in due course.The IR35 status of this assignment will be assessed following the selection process and prior to confirmation of assignment offer.At M&G Diversity and Inclusion is a strategic objective. We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain exceptional people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age,gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationally, disability, or military service and welcome those who have taken career breaks. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles.AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business