MetLife

The Team You Will Join 

MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It operates in nearly 50 countries worldwide and has circa 65,000 worldwide employees. 

The Opportunity

This role sits within the Controllers team responsible for a variety of reporting bases including IFRS, Solvency II and USGAAP in countries across Levant including Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and PNA and assistance on any other EMEA countries if required. 

• Responsible primarily for the Finance regulatory reporting of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts for the assigned countries as required.
• Coordinate between the local team and central teams, EMEA PMO and the EMEA regional functional teams (Controllers, Actuarial, Investments)
• Ensure primary statements and disclosures are correctly reflected in the financial statements.
• Review journal requirements to ensure appropriate chart of accounts established and provide expense splits as required.
• Ensure required reconciliations between IFRS accounting rules system, ledger and disclosures and reconcile source input data required for modelling to the ledger.
• Test processes for any new ledgers required if applicable (foreign exchange, chart-fields, trails etc.).  

• Identify and escalate risks and document key decisions and activities (accounting policies, methodology, system architecture).

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)

• Minimum of 5 years experience as Reporting Manager focusing on IFRS and USGAAP accounting standards.
• IFRS 17 implementation experience is a surplus.

• Strong regulatory reporting/ financial reporting experience.
• Strong MS Office experiences including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Good team player with ability to work on own initiative as well as part of the team.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic to effectively communicate with stakeholders in the region.

 What Can Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)

• Experience of large-scale projects or implementations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Confident in liaising with stakeholders from different departments and geographical locations.