Accounting Manager - CRIS

Job Description

At M&G our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly. As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clientsand identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities . To help us achieve our vision were looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role. 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 propositions andproducts. 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 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.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment, customers outcomes and a reduction in M&G plcs operational risk.

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
• Experience of translating Finances vision and goals into clear, specific and achievable objectives, making the vision tangible for individual teams
• Ability to produce high quality technical work whilst operating within a well-controlled environment

Recruiter: Matt Campbell Work Level: Manager / Expert We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity,age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.