Description
Finance Manager/Accountant required for a contract role based in Bristol.
The intended start date will be the 17th of August and run until the 31st of October. The role requires a qualified accountant with an understanding of Solvency II and reporting plans.
The client is seeking an experienced accountant to lead the Q3 QRT acceleration accounting work stream. This role is within the Q3 QRT reporting project team and will report to the Project Manager. The QRT project team has been formed to support the planning of this work so that it can be passed on to BAU to deliver from 31st of September 2015.
The focus of the Finance Manager/Accountant will be:
- Coordinating the delivery by all teams against the Q3 plan
- Ensuring that a mapping of the accounting QRT forms is completed and supporting in identification of the data input requirements
- Specifying changes to existing tools so that data inputs can be captured
- Communicating to senior stakeholders within the Insurance Division progress against key milestones, including execution risks with the associated mitigating plans
- Developing and updating the Q3 plan
Role Definition:
To manage team(s) producing financial information for customers of the finance function, including the operation, maintenance and enhancement of a wide range of production systems.
Core Responsibilities:
- Manage the production of relevant financial information for use by process managers, controllers and other managers and customers.
- Agree with customers and suppliers the deliverables to and from the production process, ensuring these meet both customer requirements and the needs of the finance function.
- Manage the maintenance and operation of financial information systems/processes, ensuring that standards are maintained and comply with all relevant regulatory requirements.
- Monitor the quality of the data held to support the production process and identify, recommend and ensure the effective implementation of any necessary improvements.
- Establish user requirements and support the testing/implementation of computer systems, ensuring these provide data which meets the changing needs of the business and its managers.
- Provide financial information, interpretation, analysis and support to customers thereby enabling an improved understanding of the information provided, handling issues escalated by members of own team.
- Monitor the payments process, evaluating risks and identifying appropriate controls to minimise the Bank's liabilities.
- Assume responsibility for projects affecting the local area as defined by senior management, co-ordinating plans and resources to achieve agreed deliverables within the required time, cost and quality parameters.
- Pro-actively develop and maintain working relationships to identify and satisfy mutual business requirements.
- Manage, motivate, develop and appraise team members as required, so that their individual and collective performance meets the current and future needs of the business, undertaking the recruitment process as required.
Allegis Group Limited and Aston Carter Limited operate Employment Businesses and Agencies and are companies within the Allegis Group Inc. group of companies, the fourth largest staffing company in the world, (collectively referred to as the "Allegis Group"). TEKsystems and Aerotek are divisions of Allegis Group Limited. Applicant data will be treated in accordance with the Allegis Group's Privacy Notice. By submitting personal data to any company or division within the Allegis Group, the applicant is providing explicit consent to the use of such data by the Allegis Group and to the transfer of such data to and from the Allegis Group companies within the UK, Europe and outside the European Economic Area in connection with the fulfilment of the applicant's voluntary requests, and the fulfilment of other job opportunities that match the applicant's profile, and confirms that they may be contacted about such job opportunities.