Lead MI Commercial Manager

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead MI Consolidation Manager to play a key role in delivering high-quality expense reporting, forecasting and financial insight across the business. This role is responsible for leading the production of consolidated management information, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and provides clear visibility of financial performance, key trends, risks and opportunities. Working closely with senior stakeholders and the wider Finance team, the successful candidate will drive robust planning and forecasting processes, deliver insightful analysis to support decision-making, and identify opportunities to enhance reporting, governance and financial control. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong financial reporting and Finance MI experience who is looking to broaden their impact and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Expenses function.

Lead the production and delivery of monthly “BAU”  Expense MI, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely and provides clear insight into financial performance, key trends, risks and opportunities.

• Coordinate the end-to-end annual planning (AOP), forecast, recut and reforecast processes for BAU expenses, supporting the wider Expenses team to deliver robust financial plans and meaningful business insights.
• Review and challenge consolidated expense submissions, ensuring financial integrity, reconciliation to the ledger and a clear understanding of material variances and cost drivers.
• Produce insightful analysis and commentary that explains business performance, highlights emerging risks and opportunities, and supports effective decision-making by senior stakeholders.
• Lead the quarterly production of financial updates for PGMS and RUKSL Boards, delivering concise and insightful reporting on financial performance and outlook. 
• Support the design, testing and implementation of finance systems, reporting enhancements and new processes, ensuring strong controls and efficient delivery.
• Develop and maintain robust reporting, forecasting and governance processes that improve efficiency, strengthen financial control and enhance the quality of management information.
• Proactively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the Expenses function, identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve insight and increase the value delivered by Finance..

Essential

• CA/ACCA  post qualified experience in financial services  
• Financial Reporting experience with demonstrable track record of reporting accounts to board level. 
• Background in Management Information production 
• People Management experience 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of Oracle EPM/ EPBCS and add ins 
• Literate in Power BI Dashboards 

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. 

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.

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