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Financial Controller

Cardiff

  1. Full time

About the job

About Us

At Admiral, people come first – and we’re proud to have been named a Great Place to Work for over 25 years, including recognition as a Great Place to Work for Women and for Wellbeing.

We believe in creating a culture where everyone can truly Be You – where every colleague feels respected, valued, and empowered to be themselves. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

We trust our people to work in the way that works best for them. Our hybrid approach provides colleagues with flexibility and control over how, when, and where they work, including the option for varied hours, where possible.

Our offices remain the heart of Admiral life. They’re designed to bring people together, encourage collaboration, and offer the space you need – whether that’s for focused work, team sessions, or company-wide events.

About the role

This is a pivotal role within EUI Finance at Admiral, reporting to the EUI CFO. The role focuses on managing the UK Finance, Accounting and Controls team to deliver accounting and reporting for the UK insurance intermediary.

The essential skills we need

  • Can apply advanced knowledge of IFRS and insurance accounting to ensure accurate financial reporting and maintain strong internal controls.
  • Able to assess accounting processes and implement improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, or compliance.
  • Skilled at identifying control gaps and leading change initiatives that improve process integrity and financial governance.
  • Able to lead and develop a team, setting clear goals, providing coaching, and improving team performance over time.
  • Strong numerical and analytical ability, with a track record of using financial insight to support commercial decision-making.
  • Effective and impactful communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.

Qualifications and Knowledge

  • Five or more years of post-qualification experience with a recognised accountancy qualification and a strong academic background.
  • Strong working knowledge of IFRS and insurance accounting, experience in accounting processes, and a strong understanding of financial controls.

 

What you’ll be doing

As the lead of our UK Insurance Financial Accounting and Controls team, you’ll support a brilliant group of qualified and trainee accountants to deliver our finance goals, while developing their skills and careers along the way.

You’ll help us maintain a strong and well-controlled finance environment across our UK Insurance intermediary, ensuring that our accounting processes, financial ledgers, and data sources are accurate, consistent, and in line with accounting standards.

You’ll play a key role in producing and consolidating management accounts, leading monthly close processes, and ensuring all reporting is timely, clear, and compliant with group policies and statutory requirements.

You’ll build strong relationships across the business to help improve reporting lines and control procedures, staying curious and connected to our products and customer journeys so you can evolve our accounting and control processes as we grow and change.

You’ll also:

  • Oversee our regulatory and VAT returns, ensuring we meet all required obligations.
  • Support operational finance activities like bank reconciliations, cash flow forecasting, and maintaining liquidity in line with group and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead on our payments strategy, including line management of the Payments Strategy and Partnership Manager, and act as a key stakeholder in our payments transformation work.
  • Be part of our wider finance transformation journey – working with senior leadership and change teams to improve systems, data, and processes.
  • Take the lead in managing third-party suppliers to finance, in line with Admiral’s risk management approach.
  • Work closely with our internal risk and audit teams, as well as external auditors, to meet reporting requirements.
  • And last but not least – be a collaborative and values-driven member of our finance leadership team, helping our wider function support the business and deliver real value.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

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Our Benefits

Admiral employees work hard to keep us at the top of our industry, and are rewarded for it—with competitive pay, a share package, career growth and development opportunities and some other great benefits, too!

People who like what they do, do it better.

Be You

Financial & Mortgage Advice

Financial & Mortgage
Advice

Ecare

24-Hour
Ecare

Cycle to Work Scheme

Cycle to Work
Scheme

Annual Holiday Allowance

Annual Holiday
Allowance

Flexible Working

Flexible
Working

Simply Health

Simply
Health

Private Health Cover

Private Health
Cover

Critical Illness Cover

Critical Illness
Cover

Grow & Progress

Learning and Development

Learning and
Development

Educational Sponsorship

Educational
Sponsorship

Accredited Qualifications ILM

Accredited
Qualifications ILM

iLearn

iLearn
Online Learning

Buy a Book Scheme

Buy a Book
Scheme

Developmental Coaching

Developmental
Coaching

Port of Calls

Port of
Calls

Internal Mobility

Internal
Mobility

Make a Difference

Groups & Societies

Groups and
Societies

Socials & Team Days Out

Socials and Team
Days Out

Multi Faith / Quiet Rooms

Multi Faith / Quiet
Rooms

Admiral Community Fund

Admiral Community
Fund

Give as You Earn

Give as You
Earn

Awards & Star Lunches

Awards and Star
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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social
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Impact Hours

Impact
Hours

Share In Our Future

Share Schemes

Share
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Refer a Friend Bonus

Refer a Friend
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Colleague and Family Discount

Colleague and Family
Insurance Discount

Group Life Assurance

Group Life
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Pension

Pension
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Life Event Loan

Life Event
Loan

Tickets to Sponsored Events

Tickets to Sponsored
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