Group Finance Director – Insurance & Investments

About the role

The Group Finance Director is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing the Group's financial management, planning, reporting, controls, treasury, and performance across its insurance, investment, asset management, and other financial services businesses.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Group-wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management.
• Oversee consolidated financial reporting, management accounts, statutory accounts and financial analysis across subsidiaries.
• Drive FP&A, profitability analysis, cost optimisation and financial performance improvement.
• Monitor financial performance across insurance, investments, asset management and other Group businesses.
• Oversee insurance finance including premium revenue, claims, reserves, reinsurance, underwriting performance and profitability analysis.
• Lead financial reporting and accounting oversight for investment and asset management portfolios, including valuation, income, performance and reporting.
• Support Group-level capital planning, solvency, liquidity and balance‑sheet management.
• Oversee treasury, cash management, funding requirements and working‑capital optimisation.
• Strengthen Group-wide financial controls, governance, policies and risk‑management frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax requirements, insurance and investment regulations and statutory reporting obligations.
• Provide financial analysis for M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, restructuring and capital allocation decisions.
• Partner with senior executives to improve business‑unit profitability, operating efficiency and return on capital.
• Lead finance transformation initiatives including ERP, automation, management reporting, analytics and digital finance.
• Develop and mentor Finance Directors, Controllers, Heads of Finance and senior finance teams across the Group.
• Act as a key financial advisor to the Group CFO, CEO, Executive Committee, Board, auditors, regulators, investors and other stakeholders.

Required profile

• 15–20+ years of progressive finance experience, preferably within insurance.
• Proven senior financial leadership experience across multiple business units or subsidiaries.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic financial leadership and high‑quality decision support to CFO, CEO, Board and shareholders.

Required skills