Head of Glasgow Finance - Chubb

Chubb

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you a Chartered Accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA) with significant post qualified experience in a Leadership role?

If interested in joining one of the leading commercial insurers in the world in a role that will give you excellent growth opportunities and company wide exposure, then we would love to hear from you

Reporting to our Global Head of Finance Shared Services and part of the Global Finance Operations organization, this role is comprised of the following key areas of responsibility:

Site leader for the Glasgow Finance teams
Manager for the Controllership services provide by the Finance Operations teams located in Glasgow as well as in other global locations

We have ~70 finance staff in Glasgow across Finance Operations, Credit Control, Tax, Planning & Analysis and project support. The Finance Operations team includes ~35 staff in Glasgow and ~100 in our offshore shared services team.

The Finance Operations team provides services to the EMEA, Latin American, Asia Pacific, North America, and Chubb Life areas of our company and therefore partner management, including executive engagement is an important element of this role.

The Glasgow team is comprised of high performers and SMEs.

A key part of the role is to build a people focused cohesive culture and optimise the operating model and organization on an ongoing basis, with appropriate investment of time in people development.

Some travel may be required on limited occasions depending on business requirements.

Other Key responsibilities:

Provide leadership for Glasgow Finance dept and teams
Develop a unified work culture for the Finance teams; act as the go to resource for any support needed by Finance team members
Coordinate recruiting, career development and performance management processes
Delivery of financial accounting tasks ensuring proper level of review and due diligence over accounting practices and controls.
Maintain high standard of balance sheet management through continuous analytics and policing.
Overall responsibility for intercompany tasks such as distribution of debit and credit note, reconciliations, and clearance of out of balances.
Provide a critical viewpoint and challenge over the accounting transactions and financial documents.
Ensure all members of the team, both onshore and offshore, understand their role, manage the expectations of all business partners and ensure there is continued communication.
Remediate any reduction in services that have been raised and lead operational review meetings
Lead teams to provide the best possible service and provide a positive and inclusive leadership style that empowers team members to make good decisions and judgements independently
Form a close relationship with management in the BPO partner to ensure an integrated team approach across teams and take overall responsibility to ensure that the offshore team delivers on their metrics and SLAs
Manage all internal and external audit interaction as applicable to services delivered with timely signoff and reporting for SOX controls.
Experience in leading and growing large teams; ideally in a shared service or site leadership role
Extensive experience of insurance operations preferred
Extensive experience in managing and delivering financial reporting and operational finance processing with strong recent technical knowledge of US GAAP
Demonstrable experience with outsourcing or change management and experience of delivering change

WE OFFER IN RETURN
Competitive salary, annual bonus & pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus ability to purchase 5 additional days.

Private Medical cover, Employee Share Purchase Plan, Long term share incentive plan, Life Assurance, Subsidised gym membership, Employee resource groups,1 day annual Charitable leave, Cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance program.

Integrity. client focus. respect. excellence. teamwork

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We're an ethical and honest company that's wholly committed to its clients. A business that's engaged in mutual trust and respect for its employees and partners. A place where colleagues perform at the highest levels. And a working environment that's collaborative and supportive.

Chubb is a world leader in insurance.

With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients.

The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.