Head - Accounting - Insurance

Job Purpose:

- To transition, stabilize and improvise record to report activities of all verticals that fall under Global Finance COE and ensure delivery of specified objectives - relevant, timely and accurate reporting of financial management information to internal and external stakeholders.

Framework & Boundaries:

- Delivery as per agreed and defined operating standards

- IFRS,UK GAAP,HK GAPP, SORP & accounting practices - Important

- Other International GAAP & accounting practices- Low dependence

Delivery Management:

- Benchmark practices with the best

- Create global CoEs

- Management of long-term functional objectives

- Resource prioritization

People Management :

- Role model excellence

- Build capabilities based on long-term objectives

- Manage talent, plan succession and develop potential

- Identify and develop career paths to build talent

- Build a continuous learning culture

Stakeholder Management:

- Influence & build long-term relationships

- Identify, design and implement sustainable solutions

Foresight:

- Drive a compelling medium to long term vision

- Anticipate/plan opportunities and challenges

Change Management:

- Provide inputs on change triggers

- Communicate and drive buy-in for change

- Eliminate obstacles

Organisational Perspective:

- Lead organisational projects

- Safeguard/drive credibility and reputation

Principle Accountabilities:

Responsibilities:

- Own and deliver finance migration targets for the global finance COE

- Work with the Business Transformation team in scoping activities for the finance migrations

- Stabilize successful migration and improve process efficiency.

- Ensure adherence to the agreed SLA with the internal stakeholders for all finance operations.

- Review complex management accounts as agreed with the internal stakeholders

- Build, develop and retain capabilities within the team to achieve the stated goals.

Relationships:

Subordinates:

- Day to day interaction with DRs to provide advice on exceptions

- Weekly interactions with DRs to review BAU

- Monthly interactions with all team members to review BAU

Superiors:

- Day to Day interaction with reporting authority for strategic direction and to provide update on progress

- Fortnightly interaction with the CEO for updates on projects and objectives

Others:

- Fortnightly interaction with stakeholders (senior level) to obtain feedback and consult / update on changes if any.

- Participate and proactively contribute to general management activities of as a member of the Senior Management Team

Education

- Essential: Chartered Accountant, Accounting degree ( like CA,CIMA,ACCA etc)

- Desirable: Degree related to Insurance, MBA, Diploma in IFRS

Experience

- 13-15 years of experience in finance and accounting functions.

- At least 5-6 years experience of handling a team size of at least 60 - 100 team members.

- Worked in off shoring and managed F&A transitions in Insurance domain

- Knowledge of UK GAPP &/ or HK GAPP

- Experience setting a shared services set up

- Must have global exposure (worked out of HK, Singapore, etc)

Skills & Abilities:

- Very strong accounting concepts

- Ability to lead and manage a large team

- Communication and presentation Skills

- Ability to influence

- Attention to details (at a supervisory level where the person has an eye for detail and can get into details as and when required)

- Must be able to multi task