Corporate Reporting Manager

SUMMARY:
Are you a qualified finance professional with strong IFRS 17 reporting experience and the ability to bridge actuarial results, financial accounting and regulatory reporting? This opportunity is suited to an experienced reporting specialist who can ensure the integrity of financial information and provide meaningful insights into financial performance, position and capital impacts.

The role is within an established reinsurance organization operating across the African market, with a growing life reinsurance business. You will play a key role in the Finance function, working closely with Actuarial, Investments and Risk to ensure that financial and regulatory reporting is accurate, consistent and aligned.

POSITION INFO:
As Corporate Reporting Manager, you will oversee key reporting processes, challenge significant movements, resolve reconciliation differences and ensure that complex financial information is clearly communicated to the CFO and senior management. Key Responsibilities Corporate and Financial Reporting Oversee key elements of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting processes. Prepare and review financial statements, disclosures and management reports. Analyze significant financial movements and provide clear explanations to the CFO. Maintain reporting controls, reconciliations, audit trails and external audit support. IFRS 17 Reporting Lead the Finance review of IFRS 17 results and movements across CSM, LRC, LIC, Risk Adjustment, fulfilment cash flows, insurance results and reinsurance. Work closely with Actuarial to understand and challenge assumptions, methodologies and reported movements. Review IFRS 17 journals and ensure appropriate integration into the General Ledger and financial statements. Investigate differences between actuarial outputs, IFRS 17 sub-ledger or calculation systems, and the General Ledger. Own the reconciliation of actuarial and IFRS 17 outputs to the General Ledger. Assess the financial statement impact of actuarial and investment movements. Ensure consistency across actuarial results, sub-ledger information, the General Ledger, financial statements and regulatory returns. Lead the resolution of reporting and integration issues. Regulatory and QRT Reporting Coordinate the preparation, review and timely submission of Quantitative Reporting Templates (QRTs). Ensure consistency between financial, regulatory and capital reporting. Coordinate reporting inputs from Finance, Actuarial, Investments and Risk. Maintain QRT controls, reconciliations, supporting documentation and audit trails. Coordinate responses to regulatory queries and changes. Challenge inconsistent actuarial, investment and financial reporting outputs. Coordinate the resolution of reporting differences and escalate significant issues to the CFO. Investment Reporting and Market Risk Review investment portfolio reporting, investment income and realized and unrealized fair-value movements. Understand interest-rate, equity, foreign exchange, credit-spread and concentration risks. Reconcile investment information to Finance, the General Ledger and regulatory reporting. Work with Investments and Risk to understand market movements and their impact on profit or loss, other comprehensive income (OCI), liabilities, own funds and capital. Review relevant stress and scenario analyses and investigate unexpected movements. Team Leadership and Process Improvement Lead and develop Finance reporting professionals. Establish clear ownership, review and quality-control processes. Improve reporting efficiency, data quality and automation. Collaborate with Finance Systems, IT, Data and Actuarial teams to strengthen reporting architecture. Job Experience and Skills Required Recognized professional accounting qualification: CA(SA), ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent. 6-10 years of relevant experience, including significant insurance financial reporting exposure. Hands-on IFRS 17 financial reporting experience. Experience with South African Prudential Authority (PA) QRT reporting. Strong accounting, General Ledger integration and financial statement analysis experience. Experience working with actuarial teams and interpreting and challenging actuarial outputs. Investment reporting and market-risk knowledge. Exposure to SAM, SCR and MCR requirements is strongly preferred. Experience leading or coordinating Finance professionals. Power BI, SQL or other data and automation capabilities would be advantageous. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise with sufficient actuarial understanding to interpret complex results, assess their accounting implications and communicate the financial impact clearly to senior stakeholders. For more exciting Finance vacancies, please visit: If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles \/ positions. We also invite you to contact us to discuss your next career move in finance! For more information, contact: Angelique Jardim Specialist Recruitment Consultant