Who are we?
Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.
With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.
Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".
Role overview
Join our dynamic finance team in a pivotal role as a Solvency II Reporting Manager. This position offers a unique opportunity to engage in various finance activities and play a key role in managing, producing, and reviewing Solvency II Pillar 3 reports and other regulatory returns.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, and produce Solvency II Pillar 3 reports and regulatory returns quarterly and annually for a start up insurance company.
- Analyze technical requirements and interpret changes to ensure accurate and timely submissions.
- Produce documentation of processes and procedures for the first year of Solvency II reporting.
- Support finance reporting requirements and projects as needed, including producing additional regulatory returns.
- Assist in preparing UK GAAP financial statements and respond to external and internal audit queries for the first year of reporting.
- Document processes to minimize dependencies and facilitate cross-skilling within the team.
Requirements:
- Qualified ACA or equivalent with insurance industry experience.
- Operational expertise in Solvency II.
- Proven track record in preparing and reviewing Solvency II and tax returns.
- Proficiency in Solvency II reporting software, especially FS Assist.
- Nice to have: Experience in preparing UK GAAP financial statements.
- Strong soft skills including being a self starter, adaptability, effective communication, attention to detail, and leadership capabilities.
Interview process
- Screening interview with Talent recruiter
- Manager interview with UK Chief Finance Officer & UK HR Manager
- Senior executive interview with Chief Risk Officer & Chief Actuary
- Cross interview with Risk & Compliance central functions
- HR interview with Head of Talent or VP People & Culture
Positive energy, agility, and team spirit are essential to support Wakam in its hyper-growth!
You have the Wakam mindset? Join us!
More about us
Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!
Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!
What we are looking for ?
Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:
- Think big
- Biased for action
- Curious and eager to learn
- Can say no and find solutions
- Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
- And above all: have fun working together 🤜🤛 !
- Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
- With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
- Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
- Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program.
- Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you'll find out by yourself 😉)
At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.
