Senior Accountant

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Resolution Life Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year
About Resolution Life Resolution Life Australasia is one of the leading life insurers in Australia and New Zealand, with ~ 1 million customers with superannuation, investments and life insurance policies, managing approximately A$30 billion in assets and have 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives, foster an inclusive, collaborative and flexible working environment, where everyone can thrive. We are a fully enterprise agile organisation, and will support your professional growth and reward your contribution.
The Opportunity Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for delivering high-quality financial reporting and driving process improvements? We're seeking a Senior Accountant - Group Reporting to lead the preparation and production of financial reports for our Group. This role plays a key part in consolidating financial data, preparing statements and disclosures, and coordinating governance activities to ensure timely and accurate reporting. You'll collaborate closely with finance, actuarial, and business units to support strategic transformation and maintain robust reporting processes.
In this role, you'll assist with the Australian group consolidation, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and manage stakeholder communications across various teams. Your ability to analyse complex information, manage competing priorities, and communicate effectively will be essential. You'll also provide project management support to ensure all reporting materials meet deadlines and quality standards.
To succeed, you'll bring appropriate accounting qualifications and experience in life insurance financial statements - ideally within the banking or financial services sector. Strong relationship management, problem-solving skills, and a proactive, outcomes-driven mindset are key. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
How will you make an impact? Reporting:
  • Assist with the preparation of financial statements and associated disclosures for Group reporting purposes:
  • Ensure Group reporting is prepared on time and to a high standard.
  • Updating Narrative Reporting with changes as required.
  • Working with other team members to complete analysis and prepare commentary on results.
  • Assist with the ongoing development of Group reporting processes and controls.
Consolidation:
  • Assist in the completion of the Australian group consolidation including working closely with other team members to coordinate inputs.
  • Continuous improvement of the consolidation and associate reporting processes.
Coordination of financial reporting governance activities:
  • Provide project management assistance to ensure Group reporting material is prepared, reviewed and delivered within the required time frames.
  • Collaborate with other Finance & Actuarial team members to ensure key reporting governance activities are performed within required timelines.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication:
  • Act as a liaison between finance, actuarial, and other business units to ensure collaboration and effective communication of transformation and process improvement efforts.
  • Work with leaders and squads to identify and validate impacts resulting from strategic change within F&A COE's or driven by external initiatives and put in place strategies to mitigate
About you To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate the following:
  • Appropriate accounting qualifications
  • Preparation and / or audit of life insurance financial statements
  • Life Insurance, banking and financial services industry experience essential
  • Project management / coordination while working in small to midsize teams
  • Ability to work in an agile environment but can manage multiple activities with different competing requirements
  • Problem solving - ability to assimilate and analyse complex information from disparate sources and provide sound, well-reasoned outputs
  • Outcomes driven – must be focussed on meeting deadlines, proactive – able to drive the outcomes with different stakeholder's, is collaborative and delivers to agreed outcomes
  • Communicative – ability to communicate concisely, in a clear and effective way, both verbally and in writing throughout all levels of the organisation
  • Strong relationship management skills – ability to manage stakeholders and competing priorities
  • Flexibility – willingness to focus on additional initiatives as they arise

Why Join Us? At Resolution Life Australasia, we provide a flexible work environment and access to a range of employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally including:
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Career pathways, including local and global mobility opportunities
  • Leading Learning Platforms and support in professional development
  • Health and Wellbeing Programs
Accessibility and Checks
Before commencing employment in this role, you will need to provide two references, full working rights and complete police and credit checks through an online provider. As an equal opportunity employer strongly committed to working in a diverse and inclusive workforce you will be provided with any support or accessibility requirements throughout your interview process. Please feel free to contact our Talent Team directly at [email protected] Privacy Policy Please refer to our Privacy Policy to learn about how we use the information you give us, alternatively you can view the same information by navigating to the page

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