Group Financial Controller — Insurance & Investments

Overview

The Group Financial Controller leads financial control, accounting, consolidation, reporting, and governance across the organization’s insurance and investment entities. This role ensures the accuracy and integrity of consolidated financial information while overseeing group reporting, investment accounting, insurance accounting, regulatory compliance, capital management, treasury, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group financial control and accounting function across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation and financial close.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and management reporting.
• Establish consistent accounting policies, controls, and reporting standards across subsidiaries.
• Oversee investment accounting, including portfolio valuation, investment income, and reconciliations.
• Monitor insurance accounting covering premiums, claims, reserves, commissions, and reinsurance.
• Lead group budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and variance analysis.
• Monitor capital adequacy, solvency, liquidity, and balance-sheet performance.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and applicable insurance, investment, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate external audits, internal audits, regulatory reviews, and statutory reporting across the Group.
• Strengthen financial governance and the internal control framework.
• Identify financial, operational, accounting, and reporting risks and implement appropriate controls.
• Partner with CFO, CEO, Investment, Actuarial, Risk, Treasury, Tax, Legal, and Compliance teams.
• Provide financial analysis and strategic insight to Group leadership and Board-level committees.
• Lead, develop, and manage finance teams across multiple business units or subsidiaries.

Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience.
• Significant experience in Group Finance, Financial Control, Consolidation, and Financial Reporting.
• Background in insurance, banking, asset management, investment management, wealth management, or broader financial services.
• Strong experience managing multiple entities, subsidiaries, or jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of investment accounting, insurance accounting, capital management, and regulatory reporting.
• Strong IFRS/GAAP knowledge.
• Experience with ERP systems, consolidation tools, and advanced financial reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent.

Location

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.