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Senior Manager& IFRS & Insurance Accounting

Job in Toronto, Ontario, M5A, Canada
Listing for: ARAG Legal Solutions Inc
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-23
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager, Financial Compliance
  • Accounting
    Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, Financial Compliance
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Senior Manager, IFRS & Insurance Accounting

Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Manager, IFRS & Insurance Accounting is responsible for the technical application, interpretation, ongoing compliance with IFRS, with a key focus on IFRS 17 insurance accounting. This role serves as the technical accounting lead supporting the Controller, providing guidance on complex and judgmental accounting matters and ensuring consistent application of IFRS standards within the established finance governance framework.

What will you do?

IFRS Technical Accounting & Compliance

  • Lead the interpretation and application of IFRS standards across the organization, providing guidance on complex, technical, and judgmental accounting matters.
  • Serve as the technical accounting lead within the finance function, supporting the Controller in evaluating and determining appropriate accounting treatments.
  • Develop, maintain, and recommend accounting policies, technical position papers, and interpretations for approval within the finance governance framework.
  • Monitor emerging accounting developments and industry practices and assess their impact on financial reporting.

IFRS 17 Insurance Accounting

  • Develop, maintain, and recommend IFRS 17 accounting policies, methodologies, and position papers.
  • Apply IFRS 17 measurement models (e.g., GMM, PAA), including contract boundary assessments, coverage units, and discounting methodologies.
  • Oversee the recognition and measurement of insurance revenue, insurance service expenses, and insurance finance income or expenses.

Management Reporting & Performance Insights

  • Prepare monthly management reporting dashboards including commentary focused on financial statement results.
  • Provide financial variance commentary related to accounting movements (e.g. timing differences, accruals, reclassifications).
  • Ensure consistency, completeness, and accuracy of results across entity-level and consolidated reporting views.

Contractual Service Margin (CSM) & Risk Adjustment

  • Oversee the calculation, analysis, and roll‑forward of the Contractual Service Margin (CSM).
  • Lead the review and challenge the risk adjustment methodologies and movements in collaboration with actuarial team.
  • Perform analytical review of CSM drivers, assumption changes, experience variances, and new business impacts.
  • Ensure consistency between actuarial outputs and accounting treatment under IFRS 17.

Actuarial & Data Integration

  • Lead coordination with actuarial team to validate inputs, assumptions, and outputs used in IFRS 17 and other accounting areas.
  • Translate actuarial and operational data into accounting entries, reconciliations, and technical analysis.
  • Oversee and enhance data flows between actuarial models, sub-ledgers, and the general ledger.
  • Drive resolution of data issues, reconciliation differences, and system-related discrepancies.

Financial Close & Disclosures

  • Lead the preparation and review of complex accounting entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules as part of monthly and quarterly close.
  • Provide technical accounting oversight and support in the preparation of IFRS financial statements and disclosures in coordination with the Senior Reporting Analyst.
  • Perform and oversee the quarterly transition from IFRS to HGB using Group‑approved, tool‑based processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
  • Lead collaboration with Group Finance to identify, assess, and explain differences between IFRS and HGB, including impacts from IFRS 17 and broader IFRS topics.
  • Prepare technical analysis and explanations for Group, Supervisory Board, and external audit requests.
  • Ensure all technical accounting working papers are complete, well-documented, and audit‑ready

Compliance & Governance

  • Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external auditors on technical accounting matters.
  • Lead preparation of technical accounting memos, position papers, and audit responses.
  • Support the design and operation of internal controls over accounting processes, estimates, and data flows.
  • Ensure compliance with internal governance frameworks, policies, and regulatory expectations.

Process Improvement & Automation

  • Drive improvements in accounting processes,…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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