Life Insurance Reporting Manager

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Job type:
Permanent

Location:

The role is hybrid, with a mix of working remotely, at home, and in office environments. Teams are located in Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Telford.

Flexible working:
All of our roles are open to part‑time, job‑share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing date: 21st January 2026

Salary and benefits: £80,000 – £110,000, depending on experience, plus an indicative bonus range of 30‑60%. Additional benefits include private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12× salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3× volunteering days and more.

We’re Phoenix Group, a long‑term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market‑leading brands:
Standard Life, Sun Life, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation addressing key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050.

You and your team will lead the financial reporting of the Group’s regulated life entities. You will work across the finance teams, defining and receiving high‑quality inputs and supporting information to provide stakeholders with an assured end product. You will work directly with the Head of Entity Reporting to deliver upon the team strategy by championing and setting standards for cross‑team working and communication, and by adopting best practice in the leadership and operation of the function.

• Provision of quarterly controlled IFRS and Solvency II data to group consolidation team
• Production of quality and timely submissions in Solvency II QRTs
• Production of quality GAAP entity financial statements
• Entity results explanation and financial controllership
• Entity board and other governance reporting
• Cross‑team leadership
• Engagement with internal and external audit, and timely closure of management actions
• BAU technical papers and local technical change for insurance entities
• Controls assessment, risk management and reporting
• Ownership for change (including regulatory change) and local process improvements, ensuring change is understood, appropriately tested and implemented safely.
• Operational management of pooled resources to ensure deliveries across the entity reporting team are met

• Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with post‑qualification experience.
• Strong leadership to support the evolution of finance through reshaping how we work, building a team that is more efficient, structured, and accountable.
• Strong technical knowledge of financial reporting requirements in a financial services context, including IFRS, UK GAAP, and Solvency II.
• Ability to deliver in a high‑pressure environment whilst maintaining quality, resilience, and outcome focus.
• Ability to influence and challenge thinking at a senior level faced with a range of conflicting priorities and opinions.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to anticipate challenges and issues across a 1‑3‑year horizon for change and growth.
• Continually seeking to bring the 'outside in' and use external insight to shape the strategic and operational priorities.

We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome; applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.