Head of Strategic Reporting

**Introduction**
- Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organizations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilizing new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses.**Disclaimer**
- As an applicant, please verify the legitimacy of this job advert on our company career page.**Role Purpose**
- To facilitate and enable strategic and financial planning and provide business intelligence, including regular monitoring of operations and strategic execution, enabling stakeholders to make informed and effective decisions.**Requirements**:

- Degree in Actuarial Sciences, Chartered Accounting, Financial Management or Management Accounting
- 5+ years’ senior financial planning and analysis experience with exposure to internal and external stakeholder relations at all levels
- Life insurance specific experience will be highly advantageous

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Oversee the compilation and reviewing monthly updates to the Group Exco on the performance of Key Performance Indictors across the Group. This would include identifying trends/highlighting variances and presenting explanations for these.
- Oversee the compilation of in drafting commentary and presentations for internal reporting to the Audit Committee and the Board.
- Provide commercial insight and analysis of business performance, identifying underlying trends and challenging the business performance.
- Monitor and review sell side analyst reports and other industry reports to establish whether information needs can be addressed through providing additional disclosure in the integrated report and / or results presentations.
- Collaborate with the business to ensure this meets with changing requirements.
- Deliver timeous, accurate and value-adding analysis and insight to stakeholders.
- Manage results Q&A bank.
- Manage QBR/SBR process.
- Ensure appropriate internal controls and measurement systems are in place to support management reporting
- Create visualisation of the insights identified from the financial analysis to assist business decision making.
- Analyse the financial results of business units to understand the implications of their strategies and potential implications for the segment.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis and insight on specific issues, such as investor relations, financial modelling, industry and competitor analysis, business plans around merger and acquisition activities and large-scale organic investments.
- Contribute to team's high-performance culture.

**Competencies**
- Strong understanding of life insurance and financial services with strong grasp of key business performance dynamics and drivers.
- Knowledge of relevant regulations and frameworks.
- Strong business and commercial acumen.
- Excellent written communication and presentation skills, with an ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
- Strong skills in report writing and in presenting complex information to a diverse audience.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage change and shifting priorities.
- Ability to develop and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders in the business.
- Able to manage stress, pressure and competing demands.
- Self-starter - can run independently with large projects.
- Ability to consume and analyse large datasets and perform own analysis.
- Team player and can coordinate effectively across multiple functions and disciplines.
- Adhere to governance, risk and compliance requirements.