Full job description Finance Manager - Financial & Regulatory Reporting - Banking
A leading international bank is seeking a qualified Finance Manager to support the Head of Finance across its London operations.
This is a broad, hands-on banking finance role covering financial and management reporting, regulatory reporting, risk reporting, taxation, reconciliations, controls and finance systems. The successful candidate will act as a senior member of the Finance team, ensuring reporting is completed accurately and on time while supporting process improvement and finance-related projects.
Key responsibilities
*Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting for Head Office
*Produce risk asset reporting and perform associated data-quality checks
*Support regulatory reporting and testing of regulatory-reporting system changes
*Complete daily market-risk and liquidity-risk reporting
*Prepare quarterly VAT returns and annual corporation tax returns
*Support HMRC reporting requirements
*Oversee and check purchase-ledger activity
*Complete and review Nostro reconciliations
*Maintain the integrity of finance management information systems
*Perform UAT for finance and regulatory-reporting system enhancements
*Support the annual budgeting process
*Complete internal control attestations, including RCSA and RRSA
*Maintain and reconcile the fixed-asset register
*Support audit confirmations and external audit requirements
*Maintain finance procedures and disaster-recovery documentation
*Identify and implement improvements to finance processes, controls and reporting
*Provide cover for other members of the Finance team and support ad hoc projects
Requirements
*Qualified accountant, such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA
*At least five years’ experience within a Finance department
*Strong banking or financial-services experience
*Experience in financial, management or regulatory reporting
*Knowledge of liquidity, market-risk or risk-asset reporting
*Experience of financial controls, reconciliations and taxation
*Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills
*High attention to detail and a methodical, analytical approach
*Comfortable working across a broad range of hands-on finance responsibilities
*Able to support and deputise for the Head of Finance when required
Experience with regulatory-reporting systems, UAT, Regnology or Access would be advantageous.