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Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development and implementation of the insurance strategy within Financial Services Advisory. This strategy is targeted at Tier 1 and Tier 2 insurers and requires a level of competence in the areas of insurance process accounting, IFRS 17, SAM and regulatory reporting.
• Delivering on the following service offerings to clients within the competencies listed above, with a specific focus on IFRS 17 delivery:
• Business impact assessments and gap analyses;
•  Technical accounting opinions and advice;
• Development of financial reporting templates, financial statements and general ledger configurations;
• Secondments to clients to support their IFRS 17, regulatory reporting and/or SAM processes;
• IFRS 17 implementations and financial reporting transformation project, supported by the Deloitte Risk Advisory, Actuarial & Insurance Solutions, Human Capital and Tax divisions.
• Developing expertise in other International Financial Reporting Standards that impact insurers, including IFRS 9, IFRS 13 and IFRS 15.
• Preparing and delivering of training material to internal and external stakeholders.
• Contributing to thought leadership and sharing of knowledge and expertise with clients, colleagues and teams.
• Managing client engagements and maintaining oversight of all engagements / projects within sphere of responsibility.

Qualifications / Experience required:

• Qualified CA’s / Managers with 1 to 2 years’ post-Articles experience from a Big 4 Professional services firm
• Must be able to travel locally and internationally
• Must be interested in Insurance and implementing new accounting standards such as IFRS17
• Must have current technical accounting experience
• Prior insurance industry experience will be preferable
• Must be willing to invest time to up-skill, so as to be able to implement. Training will be provided
• Prior involvement in implementing a new accounting standard such as IFRS 9, 15 or 16 will be advantageous