Group Regulatory Reporting Manager

The Group Regulatory Reporting Manager is accountable for the end-to-end delivery, control and continuous improvement of Group Solvency II and PRA regulatory reporting. The role ensures accurate, complete and timely submission of regulatory returns, providing robust challenge, insight and governance across Finance, Actuarial and Investment inputs. Acting as a subject matter expert in PRA reporting, the role supports compliance, reduces regulatory risk and enables informed decision-making across the Group.

• Own the end-to-end delivery of Group Solvency II and PRA regulatory reporting, including QRTs, MALIR and associated submissions, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with regulatory deadlines.
• Lead the review, validation and challenge of regulatory reporting outputs, ensuring consistency across actuarial, finance and investment data sources.
• Manage regulatory submissions through BEEDS, ensuring all validation checks are completed and reporting requirements are met prior to submission.
• Maintain a robust regulatory reporting control framework, including the design, operation and documentation of SOX and key financial controls.
• Act as the subject matter expert for Solvency II and PRA reporting requirements, providing guidance on regulatory developments and their business impact.
• Partner with Finance, Actuarial, ALM, Investment Reporting and Tax teams to ensure high-quality data, reconciliations and supporting analysis.
• Provide technical oversight of regulatory reporting outputs and related accounting entries, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, policies and regulatory expectations.
• Lead engagement with external auditors, coordinating responses to queries and ensuring the timely resolution of audit findings.
• Identify, assess and escalate st reporting risks and issues, driving appropriate mitigation actions and governance oversight.
• Drive continuous improvement of regulatory reporting processes, systems and controls to enhance efficiency, scalability and operational resilience.

• Prepare and review Solvency II regulatory returns, including QRTs and MALIR, ensuring alignment with underlying financial and actuarial information.
• Perform reconciliations between regulatory returns, general ledger balances and supporting schedules to ensure data integrity.
• Investigate and resolve reporting validation errors, exceptions and data discrepancies ahead of submission deadlines.
• Coordinate reporting inputs, assumptions and commentary across Finance, Actuarial, ALM and Investment teams.
• Review and challenge accounting entries and reporting adjustments that impact regulatory reporting outcomes.
• Support the preparation and submission of regulatory returns through BEEDS, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
• Liaise with external auditors, providing supporting documentation and responding to information requests.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on reporting processes, controls and reporting obligations.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, documentation and controls, reducing manual effort and operational risk.
• Contribute to finance transformation initiatives that strengthen reporting quality, governance and efficiency.

• Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience in insurance finance, accounting or reporting within a life insurance or financial services environment.
• In-depth knowledge of IFRS and Solvency II reporting requirements, with experience preparing or reviewing regulatory reporting outputs.
• Strong understanding of life insurance accounting, reporting processes and financial control frameworks.
• Experience working with complex financial data, including reconciliation, analysis and validation activities.
• Knowledge of insurance regulatory reporting requirements and the ability to assess and respond to regulatory change.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, investigate root causes and deliver practical solutions.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy, quality and…