Director of Financial Reporting & Controls

Job Title: Director of Financial Reporting and Controls

Target Start Date: 2nd September

Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available

Location: London, Eastleigh or Reigate

Closing Date for applications: 20th July

As Director of Financial Reporting & Controls at Ageas UK, you will lead financial reporting, governance and controls across Ageas, esure and Saga, ensuring trusted financial information, strong regulatory compliance and an effective control environment. Working closely with the CFO and Finance Leadership Team, you play a key role in shaping business strategy and delivering long term success.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end financial reporting across Ageas UK, ensuring accuracy, quality and timeliness.
• Oversee monthly management reporting and Group financial reporting activities.
• Direct the production of statutory accounts, annual reports and legal entity financial statements.
• Lead all regulatory reporting requirements, including Solvency II submissions.
• Ensure compliance with tax obligations while identifying opportunities to optimise tax outcomes.
• Provide leadership on technical accounting matters and evolving reporting standards.
• Own and continuously strengthen the finance risk and controls framework.
• Ensure effective first line controls testing, monitoring and risk management activities.
• Drive consistent governance over key accounting judgements, tax and regulatory matters.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the CFO, Finance Leadership Team and senior business leaders.
• Build strong relationships with regulators, auditors, Board Committees and Group stakeholders.
• Lead, develop and inspire a high performing financial reporting and controls team.
• Sponsor and deliver finance transformation, improvement and change initiatives.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of papers for Audit Committee and other governance forums.

Skills and Experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACA preferred) with strong post qualification experience.
• Significant senior leadership experience within insurance or a large, complex corporate environment.
• Deep technical expertise in IFRS, Solvency II and UK regulatory reporting requirements.
• Strong knowledge of statutory accounting, financial reporting and financial controls.
• Experience leading sizeable reporting or accounting functions with high quality outcomes.
• Strong understanding of tax compliance and engagement with HMRC.
• Proven ability to influence Executive, Board and Committee level stakeholders.
• Experience working closely with regulators, auditors and external partners.
• Outstanding leadership skills with a track record of building engaged, high performing teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business performance drivers.
• Able to translate complex financial issues into clear, actionable insights.
• Highly analytical, organised and focused on delivering quality outcomes.
• Experience delivering large scale change, transformation or operating model improvements.
• Comfortable operating within a matrix environment and complex governance structure.
• Passionate about continuous improvement, talent development and driving business value.

Benefits

Flexible working - Smart Working at Ageas gives employees flexibility around location within the UK and flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments. You can also work part time or on a job share.

Holiday - A minimum of 35 days plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell days.

Health & wellbeing - Dental insurance, health cash plan, health screening, will writing, voluntary critical illness, mental health first aiders and wellbeing activities such as mindfulness.

Wealth - 50 % off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, annual bonus schemes, annual salary reviews, a competitive pension, employee savings and employee loans.

Work support - Well being activities, mindfulness sessions, sports and social club events, and more.

Family support - Maternity/pregnancy leave entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity or non pregnancy leave of 8 weeks at full pay.

Additional benefits - Partner life assurance and critical illness cover, access to tech deals on gadgets, car salary exchange, cycle scheme and vehicle breakdown cover.

Return to work programme after maternity leave.

Equal Opportunity

Ageas is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. We are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter, Women in Finance Charter and we are committed to inclusive recruitment. Applicants with disabilities receive guaranteed interviews and appropriate support.