As the new Head of Group Reporting, you’ll be at the forefront of strategic financial leadership, guiding a highly capable team and working across Life, Non-Life, and Group entities.

This is more than a reporting role, it's a leadership opportunity where you’ll influence transformation, drive efficiency, and bring financial strategy to life at Group level.

This is an initial 6-month contract, with the opportunity to convert to permanent or extend based on mutual fit and business needs.

What You’ll Own & Lead

• Lead the Group Reporting Engine: Own management and statutory reporting across the Group. You’ll coordinate inputs, provide technical oversight, and ensure accuracy, compliance, and clarity.
• Drive Strategic Insight: Shape and assess business performance through financial analytics, portfolio reviews, and predictive models. Your insights will fuel smarter decisions at Exco and Board level.
• Champion Financial Integrity: Safeguard the general ledger, own the financial control environment, and ensure seamless delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Be the External Voice: Oversee preparation of the Group’s Annual Financial Statements and act as the key liaison for external audit, regulatory bodies, and the Audit Committee.
• Lead the Transformation Agenda: Guide business units in achieving Transformation goals, manage the annual verification process, and keep the Group on track toward its transformation targets.
• Empower Through Leadership: Build, mentor, and elevate a high-performing team that covers reporting, forecasting, budgeting, technical accounting, and transformation.
• Shape the Future of Planning: Lead budgeting, planning and forecasting processes across the Group, driving efficiency, alignment, and a forward-looking finance function.
• Be the Technical Backbone: Translate IFRS and statutory updates into actionable initiatives and embed best practices across the business.
• Balance Sheet Stewardship: Own Group-wide balance sheet management, aligning strategy with financial strength and sustainable growth.

What You Bring to the Table

• CA(SA) designation with a solid 10+ years of experience, including 8+ years of senior leadership.
• Deep expertise in the insurance industry, you understand the regulatory landscape and what it takes to operate within it.
• A track record of leading dynamic finance teams, delivering strategic insights, and embedding strong financial controls.
• Fluency in systems like Great Plains, Hyperion (HFM & Planning), and reporting toolkits.
• Mastery of IFRS, technical accounting, financial performance metrics, and balance sheet optimization.
• The rare combo of commercial acumen, analytical sharpness, and strategic influence.

What’s in It for You

• The opportunity to shape Group-wide financial strategy in a market-leading insurer.
• Work directly with top-tier leadership and drive impact at both operational and strategic levels.
• Be a transformational leader, championing both business and people development.
• Lead innovation in financial reporting, with the freedom to challenge the status quo and implement best-in-class practices.
• The company offers a hybrid working model with three days in office per week. Please note that more in-office time may be required during peak reporting periods to support key deliverables.