Director (Insurance Audit)

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Financial Assurance

For those charged with governance, the focus on setting clear, high quality reporting standards has never been greater. The Financial Assurance team specialise in assuring the financial statement, transactions and accounting.

By collaborating with other teams and our global network of specialists, they deliver assurance that protects the public interest and fosters even greater levels of trust, underpinned by our priority focus on quality.

Our Assurance clients include some of the largest, most successful and fast-growing companies across the globe. They are complex, influential and exciting.

You will be principally focused on improving the reliability and efficiency of finance processes and controls for external financial reporting with an impressive portfolio of clients.

We are seeking experienced and technical professionals with an accounting assurance and/or industry background to join our fast growing team, share in our vision, support our growth plans and make an impact that matters on our clients, our people, our business and society.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete.

To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values.

Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact.

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Our Assurance practice encompasses skills across regulation and finance with a deep analytics capability. We harness these to provide Assurance to those charged with governance, serving the public interest.

Working in Assurance means you will have an opportunity to work alongside leading experts, as we help build and enhance trust between businesses and the public, by responding to emerging issues and protecting the public interest.

Providing assurance to help businesses become more resilient, agile and better prepared for the future.

Assurance builds, maintains and develops confidence. We provide independent assurance by assessing the risks and underlying processes, providing conclusions as to which risks are being managed and mitigated in line with the business’ appetite for risk.

This role offers a variety of exciting opportunities to add value to our clients through a range of projects, including complex accounting assurance services, pre and post transaction support, GAAP conversions and new accounting standard support.

The Accounting Advisory group is a dedicated team of IFRS and UK GAAP experts that seek to use the accounting standards constructively and positively to help clients achieve their desired objectives.

We are currently recruiting for a Director within our Insurance group. As a Director within Accounting Advisory, you will have responsibility for delivering high quality accounting advice to our clients, specifically:

• Leading the implementation and application of new accounting standards and providing challenges on the accounting for complex transactions
• Act as the lead subject matter expert for the audit teams on complex accounting judgements
• Leading seamless joined up expert input alongside other Deloitte teams such as actuarial, tax, risk, and regulatory experts
• Leading transaction accounting support to audit teams and assurance clients
• Leading accounting policy and financial statements reviews

In addition to the above, you will:

• Lead your team to be better than the rest at using IFRS and/or UK GAAP to solve firm issues
• Grow internal and external networks
• Lead diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
• Identify and develop assurance opportunities with new and existing clients of the firm based on their bespoke needs
• Establish and maintain key relationships across our insurance client base, with a focus on exceptional client service
• Oversee, manage and deliver positive engagement economics metrics
• Drive the business and practice development and thought leadership activities.

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• A qualified actuary or accountant with experience of leading, managing and working within the accounting team of a professional services firm, accounting policy department or front office within insurance or delivering large listed IFRS or UK GAAP audits within relevant industry.
• A proven track record in establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with clients
• Significant experience of leading accounting advice for complex IFRS and/or UK GAAP accounting issues
• An ability to quickly develop solutions in a fluid and fast changing environment.
• The ability to work under own initiative and in many different and stimulating environments
• Significant presentation and business writing experience.

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We know it’s not just about the numbers. Often, we let the technology take care of those. It’s about the creative and collective thinking of our people. That’s where the true insight is found.

We’re redefining the future of audit and assurance. Come join us.

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be joining one of our innovative virtual communities based in London, with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both an online and physical capacity.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy.

Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

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Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see.