Responsibilities
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations across key finance accounts and ensure timely resolution of outstanding items.
- Investigate unreconciled balances and discrepancies through detailed root cause analysis.
- Partner with Finance, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting, Policy Administration and other business stakeholders to resolve issues.
- Support IFRS 17 related accounting, reporting and reconciliation activities.
- Validate accounting records against source systems and supporting documentation.
- Monitor reconciliation status and ensure compliance with internal control requirements.
- Prepare and maintain reconciliation documentation, audit schedules and supporting evidence.
- Support internal and external audit activities and respond to auditor queries.
- Liaise with regional and corporate finance stakeholders where required.
- Drive process improvements and support ongoing finance transformation initiatives.
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
- 3-8 years of relevant experience within:
- Big 4 Audit
- Big 4 Advisory
- Insurance Finance
- Financial Reporting
- IFRS 17 implementation or reporting
- Strong understanding of IFRS 17 and insurance accounting principles.
- Experience supporting life insurance or financial services clients.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes and drive solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable engaging with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Exposure to SAP, Oracle or other finance systems is advantageous.
- Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA or equivalent is preferred.
What’s On Offer
- Leading life insurance organisation with strong regional presence.
- Exposure to IFRS 17, finance controls and transformation projects.
- Broad stakeholder exposure across Finance, Actuarial and Operations.
- High visibility role supporting a critical finance control function.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
- 12-month contract with potential longer-term opportunities.
- Competitive package of up to HKD 52,000 per month plus benefits.
