Senior Manager, Group and Head Office Statutory Reporting

• Sydney – Hybrid (WFH & office) . As we’re committed to securing the best talent, we’re open to sponsorship and to candidates looking to return to Sydney, Australia.
• Type: Permanent 
• Happy to talk flexible working 
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Are you an experienced financial reporting leader ready to shape the Group’s statutory reporting strategy and ensure the integrity of its disclosures? We are seeking a Senior Manager, Group and Head Office Statutory Reporting, to play a key leadership role in delivering the Group Annual Report and associated board-level reporting and analytics, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements. This role also oversees the financial control function for Group Head Office operations.

This is a high-impact role with broad visibility across the organisation, involving regular interaction with senior management and key stakeholders at all levels. You will lead a team of technical experts, and collaborate with senior stakeholders across Group Finance and the business to deliver high-quality, compliant and insight-driven financial reporting, as well as influence key decisions through timely financial analysis and expert accounting advice.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead Group statutory reporting: Shape and deliver the Group’s statutory reporting agenda, with end-to-end responsibility for the preparation of the Group Annual Report and associated board-level disclosures and analytics. Ensure all reporting outputs are technically robust, aligned with evolving accounting standards, and meet regulatory and governance requirements. Act as the primary liaison with external auditors, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of reporting matters.

• Deliver financial insight: Drive the analysis and interpretation of statutory results, ensuring key insights are clearly communicated to senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making and external engagement.

• Drive technical excellence: Provide guidance on complex accounting and disclosure matters. Monitor changes in financial reporting standards and lead their interpretation and implementation across Group reporting processes.

• Oversee Group Head Office (HO) financial control: Lead the financial control function for the Group Head Office entities, including internal reporting, foreign currency management, and remuneration reporting, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.

• Champion process improvement: Identify and implement opportunities to enhance the quality, efficiency, and governance of statutory reporting and HO financial control processes, systems, and controls.

• Influence and collaborate across the business: Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Group Financial Control, Tax, Investor Relations, Treasury, Legal, and divisional teams. Influence decision-making and ensure alignment of statutory reporting with broader business priorities.

• Develop and lead a high-performing team: Lead and develop a technically strong team while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and professional excellence in financial reporting.

This is more than a reporting role—it is a senior leadership opportunity to influence how the Group communicates its financial performance while meeting its statutory obligations. If you’re ready to apply your technical expertise and strategic insight in a high-impact role with broad stakeholder engagement, we’d love to hear from you.

What You Bring

• CA/CPA (or equivalent) qualification, with deep technical expertise in financial accounting and reporting, including a strong understanding of Australian equivalents to IFRS and emerging disclosure requirements.

• Extensive experience in financial reporting, ideally within general insurance or a complex corporate environment,  with demonstrated ownership of high-profile deliverables such as annual reports and board-level reporting.

• Proven ability to interpret and apply accounting standards in a commercial context, and to provide clear, actionable advice to senior stakeholders on complex financial reporting matters.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality outcomes under pressure.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across a broad range of functions and external auditors.

• Demonstrated leadership capability, including experience managing high-performing teams, setting strategic direction, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network

• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)

• Family First accredited employer since 2021

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected]

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.