Job Description

The role holder will lead on the year end annual accounts process, being the liaison with both internal stakeholders and the Bank’s auditors. The role holder will provide general support to financial control and reporting senior management including ad hoc requests which may require an accounting policy judgment.
Duties will include:

• Work with other business areas and external auditors as required to meet financial reporting requirements and audit processes.
• Provide analysis and impact assessment on the Bank’s statutory and internal reporting in light of any policy decisions and lead on presenting these at relevant committees.
• Reporting and management information for portfolios, including posting and overseeing the posting of month end adjustments into the general ledger, completing/reviewing reconciliations, obtaining substantiation, completing analytical review of movements and providing commentary.
• Completing daily/weekly profit and loss reports for assigned portfolios and working with front office to resolve any issues.
• Preparation of forecast and budget numbers and providing commentary and explanation of variances.
• Drive and lead on improvements in the financial control framework.
• Lead on the system design change projects including holding working groups, guiding team members and internal stakeholders through test plans and documenting conclusions.
• Represent Finance and support the delivery of system change projects and understand the change to various system interfaces.
• Able to understand and apply accounting standards for portfolios including effective communication of accounting matters to senior management.
• Interpret the impact of accounting standards on the necessary ledger accounting and support Technology and the front office in implementing the necessary changes.
• Support the decision makers in the Bank in understanding the accounting and disclosure implications of policy and investment decisions.
• Support the external auditors in their review of the Bank’s accounting policy and disclosure approach.
• Support senior management with ad hoc projects and activities.
• Provide support across the financial control and reporting team.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) or hold equivalent qualifications; with extensive post qualification experience, ideally in financial services and in financial control and statutory reporting (IFRS experience preferable)
• A self-starter and quick learner with strong IT skills, including Excel (ability to do pivot tables, synthesize and accurately manipulate and present often complex data), and the ability to learn new IT systems and processes
• Strong experience of effective and confident engagement with different stakeholder groups across an organization
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships across an organization
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills that transcend across a variety of audiences, both verbally and in writing
• The ability to motivate yourself and develop and drive forward ideas with limited oversight
• Excellent attention to detail and able to quickly develop and understanding of the Bank’s operations and functions, helping to ensure the output of Finance is accurate and relevant
• Have excellent workload management skills with a core focus on delivery
• Be flexible and adaptable in order to ensure tasks are prioritized effectively and delivered on time
• Be an excellent team player and able to work collaboratively with others and share knowledge
• Accounting policy knowledge and experience researching accounting standards
• The ability to take initiative and drive for results with limited oversight.
• Able to communicate, succinctly and in simple terms, both verbally and in writing.
• High attention to detail, ensuring work output is accurate and relevant.
• Good workload management skills with a core focus on delivery. Be flexible and adaptable in order to ensure tasks are prioritized effectively and delivered on time.
• Be a team player and able to work collaboratively with others and share knowledge.