Department: Finance
Location: London
Role Purpose
This senior role supports the Financial Control function in managing day-to-day financial reporting and control activities. The position plays a key part in delivering robust monthly financial reporting, supporting interim and year-end statutory audits, and liaising with external auditors and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Head of Financial Control in managing daily financial reporting and control activities.
- Develop and implement effective monthly financial reporting processes.
- Prepare analytical reviews for external auditors and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure accurate and timely responses to investor, tax, regulatory, and internal queries.
- Manage the development, review, and application of accounting policies.
- Ensure compliance with the organisation’s financial control framework, including financial accountabilities and authorities.
- Analyse financial information to identify key issues and recommend corrective actions or process improvements.
- Recommend and implement best practices to enhance financial reporting and control processes.
- Ensure team members maintain appropriate technical competence.
- Manage audit deliverables and coordinate with auditors.
Operational Responsibilities
- Own month-end accounts and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accurate trial balances at group and legal entity level.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations across all legal entities.
- Monitor changes in statutory and regulatory requirements and ensure internal policies are updated accordingly.
- Assist in preparing required regulatory reports in liaison with legal, risk, and compliance functions.
- Ensure financial statements comply with applicable accounting standards and policies.
- Plan and prepare for audit and assurance engagements.
- Support preparation of consolidated statutory accounts.
- Prepare statutory accounts for subsidiary entities.
- Review financial performance trends and challenge data to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
- Maintain the general ledger system, including lease accounting under local and group standards.
- Promote strong communication and knowledge sharing within the team.
Leadership
- Provide day-to-day management, support, and development to junior team members.
- Maintain ongoing professional development and technical expertise.
- Demonstrate adaptability to ensure focus on key priorities under senior finance leadership guidance.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with senior management.
- Collaborate across the organisation to support strategic objectives using appropriate digital tools.
Candidate Profile
- Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Post-qualification experience within financial services.
- Extensive finance experience in a regulated financial services environment (ideally banking) or strong audit experience within a financial institution or professional services firm.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
- Experience with regulatory frameworks, internal controls, and change initiatives.
- Advanced Excel and financial consolidation expertise.
- Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to communicate complex financial matters to non-finance stakeholders.
- Collaborative leadership style with experience managing and developing teams.
- Demonstrated experience within a Financial Control function and involvement in change projects.
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