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Description

Finance Manager, Controller, Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRS accounting, regulatory, commercial banking, Accountant, MI, Risk, Saracen reporting

Working with a leading banking client to secure the services of a senior Finance Manager to join the London based team.

The role
The UK Finance team aims to be a strategic partner and advisor in achieving the clients Innovation Bank's overall mission to increase our clients probability of success. This includes supporting all of the Management information (MI), business analysis, financial reporting, Financial Control, Treasury and Tax activity for the Bank. This will be done by:
- Delivering insights to support decision making, drive performance and set strategy;
- Establishing a strong control environment to meet our obligations, protect our business and deliver smart, safe growth.

We are looking to hire a talented individual to support UK financial reporting and controls. The role will report to the Head of Financial Accounting and Reporting and will work closely with the broader Finance team as well as Compliance, Business Risk, Operations Internal and External Audit teams. The role-holder will work with global and regional colleagues to embed appropriate tools processes and controls required for an expanded business along with enhanced accounting governance control requirements including IFRS reporting statutory audit.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will oversee or play a key role in:
- Financial control and accounting: Support local IFRS accounting ensuring timely period end close alongside a team based in India central Group teams. Collaborate with support these teams ensuring financial controls are embedded driving financial integrity mitigating related risks including supporting accounting operations associated controls ledger maintenance integrity.
- Group financial reporting: Support monthly quarterly financial performance reporting presentations including variance analysis supporting close for senior management Board regulators (as required).
- Statutory reporting audit: Support production sign-off statutory accounts in UK including data sourcing testing associated processes new IFRS reporting liaising external auditors internal stakeholders ensuring timely resolution audit queries.
- Process control improvements: Partner global teams continually look opportunities lead support enhancements processes efficiency effectiveness control.
- Accounting policies procedures: Recommend maintain enhance accounting procedures comply Sarbanes-Oxley IFRS applicable internal policies regulatory requirements. Maintain awareness evaluate accounting regulatory pronouncements lead development new accounting policies procedures appropriate.
- Tax: Support local tax activity across clients Innovation Bank as required.

The individual will work as part of small team finance professionals based in UK collaborate number teams across globe meet clients Innovation Bank's accounting control reporting tax requirements building strong relationships individuals variety levels multiple teams time-zones Matrix management structure.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Proven Controller Internal or External Auditor knowledge experience IFRS accounting
- Strong organizational time management skills
- Strong technical knowledge IFRS accounting UK financial services regulatory requirements
- Good level understanding UK commercial banking environment product set ability quickly gain thorough knowledge clients Innovation Bank's operations products
- Excellent communication skills ability build strong relationships influence engage challenge explain complex simple mobilise diverse groups take actions solve complex problems sustainable scalable way
- Resourceful collaborative disciplined able operate independently lead support multiple projects across number areas fast-paced environment
- Chartered Accountant qualification equivalent education
- Curious exceptional analytical critical thinking skills
- Passionate continuing learn improve