Senior Finance Manager Controls - #2146041

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.