Head of Investment Accounting and Reporting

Just Group plc; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Head of Investment Accounting and Reporting

At Just we encourage a flexible and agile working environment for the majority of our opportunities. Get in touch with us to discuss in more detail.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Investment Accounting and Reporting to provide strategic leadership to the team managing the investment accounting and reporting for the group's investments under IFRS and Solvency UK. This requires commercial understanding of the investment portfolio of financial assets, derivatives and repurchase transactions, in addition to the associated financial accounting processes and methods.

Just is undertaking an ambitious growth phase in particular within defined benefit pension buy-in/buy-out transactions. A key enabler for this growth phase will be the effective development and delivery of investment accounting, reporting and asset valuation processes and controls. This role will be therefore be central to the successful delivery of Just's strategy and strong stakeholder management skills will be required.

Responsibilities

1. Lead the Investment Accounting and Reporting team which is responsible for managing the investment asset information feed into the half year and full year reporting processes, dealing with external auditors and internal stakeholders. The team is also responsible for the monthly reconciliation of investment related balance sheet accounts and associated reconciliation of movements with income statements.
2. Establishing and maintaining high standards of rigor over regular processes and the associated application of financial controls is key to this role.
3. Develop and provide investment related commentary for IFRS and Solvency UK granular reporting disclosures.
4. Engage and inform senior management on investment accounting matters.
5. Lead the investment accounting subject matter expert support to Just's modernisation and development programme to treasury and investment operational systems.

Skills & Experience

1. Qualified Accountant or commensurate experience is essential.
2. Further relevant investment or treasury qualifications (or equivalent) are desirable.
3. Experience in fixed income and derivative accounting at an insurer, bank and/or asset management firm.
4. Experience in leading and managing a team; managing senior stakeholders; maintaining and enhancing controls and processes to meet best practice.
5. Strong knowledge of fixed income assets, derivatives and repurchase transactions, and associated accounting rules under IFRS and Solvency UK. Understanding of Solvency UK matching adjustment rules and practices.
6. Strong numerical abilities and commercial acumen to perform relevant statistical analysis and calculations.
7. Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and advanced knowledge of financial controls.
8. Financial and regulatory knowledge to ensure that investment assets and other financial reports are compliant with relevant regulations.
9. Technology skills to utilise accounting and treasury software to keep track of investments, taxes and other important data or reports.
10. Knowledge of Oracle General Ledger / FIS Quantum / Bloomberg highly desirable.
11. Stakeholder engagement and relationship building.

Company Benefits

1. A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
2. Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday.
3. Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case.
4. A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme - paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets.
5. Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company.
6. FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site).
7. A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal.
8. Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones.

About Us

We're a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. How people work, save, and plan for the future is all changing. A new generation of retirees needs a new kind of retirement company. A company who will look for new ways of doing things - and will always put the customer first.

That's who we are. We're a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement. And with you on our team, we're going to make sure they get it.

We've built our sustainability strategy around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and have selected goals where we believe we can make the most difference. By aligning our activity with these global goals, we can make sure we play our part in addressing the wider issues facing the planet and leave a positive legacy to the world.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are priorities for us. Having a diverse, talented workforce with colleagues of different backgrounds, world views and experiences is the right thing to do. It's also the most effective way to succeed, innovate and better serve our customers now and in the future. We are committed to our targets on gender and ethnicity and run a number of successful mentoring and sponsorship programmes for our colleagues from diverse backgrounds. We have multiple active employee network groups which champion issues including gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and neurodiversity.

What's clear about working at Just is that we care. We care about our customers, our purpose, our environment, inclusivity, wellbeing and most importantly - each other. We look forward to welcoming you to the team soon.