Senior Finance Manager Controls

As a Senior Finance Manager Controls within a Global Financial Services organisation you will be responsible for overseeing strong financial controls and ensuring compliance. This role will play a key part in maintaining the organisation's financial integrity and supporting effective decision-making.

Client Details

A global Financial Services organisation based in Birmingham.

Description

Run and continuously improve the Finance controls framework across financial accounting, reporting, provisions, pensions and governance processes

Own key monthly and quarterly governance meetings, including monthly control activities (e.g., balance sheet reconciliation/substantiation, ARCC issue management, intercompany reporting) and quarterly governance for major provision areas

Lead pensions financial reporting and governance under IAS19, including chairing/leading the pension governance forum and coordinating closely with pension strategy, risk and Trustees

Oversee and challenge complex provisions and remediation activity under IAS37, reviewing assumptions, judgements, methodologies and inputs, and ensuring robust control and documentation of outcomes

Support periodic impairment assessments on non-financial assets and subsidiaries, fair value levelling, currency sale process, and related control reviews

Coordinate audit/assurance and broader control change activity, acting as the Finance point for internal/external audit (incl. SOX walkthroughs), model risk-related control assessments

Provide oversight and challenge on governance papers, review packs for accounting judgements, management forum materials and support wider Finance projects (e.g., automation, data quality and IRR remediation initiatives)

Profile

Demonstrable experience working within a UK bank / large financial services / IFRS reporting environment

ACA/ACCA

Strong financial reporting experience

Experience designing, implementing, and operating key controls to manage Non-Financial Risk (NFR)

Demonstrable experience owning and operating a robust control environment including SOX

Experience interpreting accounting standards/reporting requirements, particularly IAS37 (provisions) and IAS19 (pensions)

Job Offer

Competitive salary of £90,000 - £110,000, dependent on the level of experience.

Performance-based bonus.

Comprehensive pension scheme.

Private healthcare coverage.