A well-established Australian financial services organisation is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager, to act as backup to the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting. This is a strong step-up opportunity for a technically capable financial accountant ready to lead, mentor, and take ownership of statutory and regulatory reporting.
The Role
Leading a small team and supporting the wider finance function, you'll take ownership of year-end financial statements, regulatory returns, and investment return analysis - including challenging figures provided by external investment managers. You'll also act as a technical reference point for the business, providing clear, standards-based guidance on complex accounting queries from senior stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end preparation of statutory financial statements and regulatory returns
- Lead and mentor a team of experienced financial accountants, building technical capability across accounting standards
- Provide clear, standards-backed guidance on technical accounting queries
- Support ad hoc reporting requests from across the business
- Contribute to process improvement and systems initiatives
- CPA/CA qualified with 10+ years' experience in financial reporting
- Insurance industry background essential - general insurance highly regarded, though candidates from life or reinsurance backgrounds with strong technical grounding are also encouraged to apply
- Proven ability to prepare financial statements end-to-end (not just note disclosures)
- Comfortable mentoring and developing others, even without formal people-management experience - you'll need to demonstrate this
- Experience with process improvement or systems projects highly regarded
