Senior Manager - External Reporting

Title: Senior Manager - External Reporting

Location: Melbourne Australia

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Accounting team at Marsh. This role can be based in Melbourne. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Senior Manager - External Reporting

• Reporting to the Head of External Reporting, the Senior Manager - External Reporting is responsible for a wide range of financial and regulatory reporting activities for the region. This role has responsibility for around 45 legal entities, including Broking, Consulting and Holding companies.
• You will be responsible for support of external/board reporting and regulatory compliance requirements are met for the companies within the group. You will be responsible for delivering high quality reporting that is accurate and completed to strict internal and external timeframes. You will also be responsible for the consolidation of financial accounts as required as well as internal reporting to corporate Boards. You will support the financial health of entities including solvency and liquidity and deliver on other Group reporting requirements including but not limited to accounting for other corporate activities and projects.
• You will work as part of the Pacific controllership team with a commitment to achieving deadlines and goals as set out by management and business leaders. You will be involved in corporate activities including but not limited to mergers & acquisition, company restructures, ensuring these are accurately reflected in statutory and regulatory records.

We will count on you to:

• Deliver high quality financial and regulatory reporting for Pacific Marsh & McLennan covering the businesses of Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman, as well as Holding Companies.
• Support the Pacific controllership team in accounting for corporate transactions under IFRS/AASB including mergers & acquisitions, restructures, funding initiatives, investments, entity valuations, dividend and other accounting matters.
• Support the finance function, developing strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including audit committee and board members, to provide an efficient, cost effective and value-added service.
• Support the financial statement and regulatory audit process, establishing a constructive working relationship with external auditors and working together to achieve the timely clearance and filing of Annual Reports and Financial Statements and other regulatory returns.
• Collaborate with the finance teams in a pressured environment and ensure the team is equipped to meet both internal and external reporting deadlines.
• Seek continuous improvement in processes and controls in order to ensure accurate reporting of financial information.
• Support ad hoc Finance projects, query resolution and investigations/analysis as and when required
• Pro-actively suggest improvements and develop best practices within Finance to improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency and benefit of the services provided.

What you need to have:

• Accounting Qualifications ACA / CPA or equivalent
• 5+ years' experience in accounting
• Big4 or professional services background is advantageous
• Financial services industry experience
• Knowledge of IFRS and USGAAP
• Knowledge of AFSL/APRA requirements
• Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and to multi-task
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels; verbal and written
• Excellent working knowledge of Oracle and MS Excel
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work well under pressure
• Experience in external audit roles

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

About us:

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.