Head of Finance and Actuarial Operations Europe

at  PHOENIX group

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Coaching and influencing senior stakeholders, typically at Executive level, with diverse and competing agendas and aligning thinking to ensure efficient and effective Finance services.
• Continually seeking to bring the ’outside in’ and use external insight to shape the strategic and operational priorities, as well as the operating model of the business.
• Managing change - ensuring improvements are customer driven, taking account of corporate and divisional strategies, identifying, initiating, planning and implementing change.
• Managing priorities and planning the most effective use of resource when there are conflicting demands on resource.
• Understands the complexities of operational processes and strategic objectives across the Group and effectively communicates complex information to a wide group of senior stakeholders.This role has been identified as CF-2under the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness & Probity regime. The successful candidate will be required to comply with the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness and Probity Standards on an ongoing basis. Further details are available on request from the HR Team or directly from the Central Bank of Ireland.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, EXPERIENCE-

• Member of a recognised accounting or actuarial body.
• Experience in leading finance operations, ideally within the insurance industry but not essential, at a senior level.
• A track record of delivering programmes of change, performance improvement and operational efficiency.
• Proven financial governance and oversight capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and experience of working in large group environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.A keen interest in the finance function of the future, experience of relevant technology and data infrastructure underpinning this.

Please refer the Job description for details