Sr Financial Analyst

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Job Summary: Responsible for the quarterly Statutory, IFRS and Solvency II financial reporting for assigned complex accounts. Conducts in-depth analysis of client reported electronic data to ensure it is accurate and timely in accordance with treaty guidelines. Communicates information about client issues and unusual reporting trends with actual or potential financial consequences to the appropriate stakeholders. Could include supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Functions: 
(40%) Statutory, IFRS and Solvency II Financial Reporting
 • Prepare and analyze quarterly Statutory, IFRS and Solvency II financial reports for assigned complex assumed reinsurance treaties and related retrocessions to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
 • Provide clear explanations for reporting period variances. Work closely with the actuarial teams during the reporting process to ensure amounts recorded are accurate.
 • Prepare financial workpaper documentation, schedules, and reconciliations as required for internal and Hannover Office deliverables as well as external audit to substantiate compliance with local and IFRS reporting standards.
 • Consolidate and reviews asset data for structured market categories to facilitate risk monitoring.
 • Perform forecast upload and review to support the quarterly reporting cycle.
 • Review and ensure the financial reporting prepared by direct reports is accurate (if applicable).

(30%) Cash Reporting and Analysis
 • Develop an understanding of treaty guidelines specific to assigned treaties to determine expectations of both parties.
 • Conduct analysis of client reported data to determine accuracy in accordance with treaty guidelines.
 • Communicate actual or potential financial consequences or business risks to the appropriate stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting.
 • Calculate and analyse Experience Refunds and Loss Carryforwards.
 • Accurately record details of all client reporting using various company business systems to ensure accurate financial reporting.
 • Analyze Trend Reports for reasonability and balance checks.
 • Reviews and ensures certain cash reporting prepared by direct reports is accurate (if applicable).

(10%) Problem Solving
 • Identify and investigate client reporting inconsistencies. Take steps to implement corrections using judgement and best practices.
 • Lead direct reports to solve and implement corrections on problematic accounts (if applicable).
 • Implement procedures to improve processing inefficiencies.
 • Identify action items resulting from the quarterly financial reporting, and coordinate with the actuarial teams to resolve.

(10%) Internal and External Audits
 • Produce and/or direct (if applicable) the preparation of ad hoc documentation on assigned accounts for internal and external auditors to support quarterly audit cycle (e.g. MAR).
 • Prepare and/or direct (if applicable) the preparation of quarterly PBC reports to satisfy internal and external auditor requests. Includes both routine and one-off analytic requests.

(10%) Leadership
 • Provide support to the VP and AVP Financial Reporting, including but not limited to the preparation of quarterly deliverables and as needed for earnings calls.
 • Lead special projects and assignments involving multiple team members.
 • Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
 • Manage direct reports to ensure their workload, tasks and responsibilities are completed accurately and timely (if applicable).

You come equipped with

Competencies: 
• Action Oriented
• Manages complexity
• Manages ambiguity
• Communicates effectively
• Financial Acumen 
 
Essential knowledge, skills, and abilities:
• BA degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5 or more years of accounting experience
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
• Advanced user of Excel
• Intermediate user of Access and Word
• Competent user of Hyperion Reporting
• Organized and able to manage multiple tasks
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal direction from manager
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results
• Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities: Educ