Location
Europe | United Kingdom
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End Date
Sunday 17 March 2024
Salary Range £0 - £0
We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options. Agile Working Options Job Description Summary We're looking for a Finance Manager to join our friendly team in Luxembourg. More info below:
Job Description Job Title: SWE Finance Manager
Salary: TBC at interview stage
Location: Luxembourg
Hours: Full-time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Luxembourg office location.
About this opportunity: We have an outstanding opportunity for you to join SWE, a diverse and inclusive team based in Luxembourg, and to work in an international and informal environment. Note that this Finance Manager role is embedded within the business and will report to the SWE Chief Financial Officer.
Accountabilities will include: - Oversee all corporate accounting and finance functions and activities including treasury management, reporting and analysis, financial consolidation, creating and reviewing policies, budgeting, recruiting, training and conducting regular assessments of financial procedures;
- Manage and complete the month, quarter and year-end close and assure adherence to Lux-GAAP and completes reconciliations of balance sheet accounts ensuring accuracy of our financial records;
- Review/Prepare monthly financial reports and communicate significant variances on a timely basis, including coordinating adjustments when needed;
- Plan and coordinate the activities related to the annual budget and monthly forecasting process;
- Coordinate periodic financial reviews/audits with outside audit and tax firms as required;
- Provides all necessary information to outside advisers in conjunction with the filing of federal, state, and local tax returns for the business and trusts;
- Develop recommendations and implement improvements to internal controls processes striving to build a more robust Accounting and Finance department;
- Participate as a strategic business partner on cross functional teams to help drive organization efficiency, effectiveness, and continuous improvement;
- Support M&A activities including due diligence, Earnings analysis work, purchase price accounting, and integration;
- Support managing the Financial Consolidation software;
- Lead process improvement projects across Finance, Accounting, and IT;
- Provide accounting and financial guidance to Operating Companies and CFO including developing accounting talent in the organization
Who are we? SWE is part of Scottish Widows, a 100% subsidiary of LBG and a strong life and pension company in the UK. Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings. The company has been providing financial services to the UK market since 1815. The company sells products through independent financial advisers, direct to customers and through LBG bank branches. Scottish Widows employs around 3,000 people.
Scottish Widows Europe was established in Luxembourg to ensure continuity of servicing for its existing EU business after the UK’s exit from the EU, and is authorized to conduct run-off insurance business in Europe (“SWE”).
What we need from you: - Bachelor degree in a relevant Finance discipline
- 5-10 years of financial experience (in Finance industry, Insurance environment preferred)
- 2-4 years of Supervisory experience preferred
- Advanced accounting knowledge and skills
- Previous financial Accounting/Consolidation software experience (Hyperion, Adaptive, etc.) preferred
- Able to manage multiple projects with varying but stringent deadlines
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively interact with various levels of the organization
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical skills
- At ease with standard MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.) and Adobe tools, willingness to learn and use more specific IT tools (including built-in software);
- Proficient in French and English, German or Italian would be a plus;
- Keen to suggest new ideas and implement pragmatic and workable solutions.
About working for us ... Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, build a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: - A discretionary performance related bonus.
- Cash allowance to reflect lunch vouchers and private medical contributions
- Pension scheme
- Annual and special leave according to the collective labour agreement of the insurance sector
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?
Join our journey. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
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