Senior Vice President (SVP) Finance – Insurance & Investments

About the role

The Senior Vice President (SVP) Finance is a senior executive responsible for shaping financial strategy, performance management, planning, reporting, controls, and commercial finance across the Group's insurance, investment, asset management, and related financial services businesses. The SVP Finance works closely with the Group CFO, CEO, Board, and business‑unit leaders to drive profitability, capital efficiency, governance, and sustainable growth.

Key responsibilities

• Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for the Group and its business units.
• Oversee financial reporting, management accounts, financial analysis, and executive reporting.
• Drive FP&A and commercial finance, translating data into strategic decisions.
• Monitor revenue, profitability, expenses, margins, cash flow, and return on capital across the portfolio.
• Provide financial leadership for insurance operations, including premium income, claims, reserves, reinsurance, and underwriting performance.
• Oversee investment and asset‑management financial aspects such as portfolio reporting, valuation, investment income, and performance analysis.
• Support capital planning, solvency, liquidity, balance‑sheet optimization, and capital allocation.
• Lead treasury planning, liquidity management, and cash management.
• Strengthen financial governance, internal controls, policies, processes, and risk‑management frameworks.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Actuarial, Investment, Treasury, Audit, and Legal on financial and regulatory matters.
• Provide financial due diligence, modelling, valuation, and strategic analysis for M&A, JVs, acquisitions, and investments.
• Identify and execute cost‑optimization and operational‑efficiency opportunities.
• Lead finance transformation, automation, ERP implementation, analytics, and management‑information initiatives.
• Develop and maintain relationships with auditors, regulators, investors, lenders, and other external stakeholders.
• Coach and develop senior finance professionals and build a high‑performing finance organization.

Required profile

Required skills