Job Description

A reporting leadership role built for people who get bored easily.

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Most reporting leadership jobs keep you stuck in the same monthly close cycle forever. This one hands you real breadth, statutory accounts, APRA returns, a spot on M&A; activity, a finance systems transformation, and a direct line into the CFO reporting pack. If you're a Reporting expert who wants more than tick the box reporting, this is worth reading properly.

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This search is for a large insurance business, and once you see the actual scope, it's a genuinely strong next step for someone ready to lead rather than just process. Here's what that actually looks like day to day.

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Real leadership, not just a title on your card

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You'll manage a team and actually own their development, setting explicit targets and a proper growth plan, not just handing out workload.

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You're the custodian of the chart of accounts and reporting hierarchies, so your decisions shape how the whole business reads its own numbers.

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Direct exposure to the CFO through the monthly CFO and Distribution Pack, your work lands in front of the people actually making the calls.

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Technical depth that keeps building your CV, not just your inbox

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Ownership of the Annual Group Statutory Accounts and the quarterly and annual APRA returns,



the kind of experience that's genuinely hard to get outside insurance.

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You'll lead the annual interim external audit and support the year end audit, working directly with external auditors rather than just feeding them documents.

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Exposure to Life Finance and Actuarial and Pricing teams, which broadens your technical range well past a standard reporting brief.

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Projects that actually move the needle

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Involvement in mergers and acquisitions activity.

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A finance systems transformation and general ledger upgrade.

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Implementation of new accounting software, so you're shaping the tools the finance function will run on for years, not just working within someone else's setup.

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Stability with variety, which is rare

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Insurance is one of the more resilient sectors right now, and regulatory complexity means demand for people who genuinely understand it isn't slowing down.

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Sydney Head Office base, sitting inside an established CFO Division with real structure around you, not a one person reporting function propping up the whole close.

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If you're a qualified accountant with solid insurance exposure (private health, general or life) and you're ready to stop just processing the numbers and start owning them, this is worth a proper conversation.

📌 Financial Reporting Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 HPR Consulting
📍 New South Wales