Finance Manager

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This is a hybrid role working 3 days per week (City of London location) and 2days working from home.

Role Purpose:

Exercise financial oversight, month end management reporting and responding to senior management's queries, produce the Annual Report & Accounts, team management and project work.

Responsibilities:

• Management two junior members of the Financial Control team
• Month end accounting and production of monthly management accounts
• Responding to queries from senior management including the CEO and CFO
• Preparing quarterly Board reporting
• Assist with production of the Annual Report & Accounts
• Responsible for the management and timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting review and production of accounting policies
• Ownership of month end close journals including the Effective Interest Rate (EIR) income postings
• Exercise financial oversight and review key financial controls
• Liaise with divisional Business Analysts regarding business updates, controls and management reporting
• Management of Bank Reconciliations
• Key contact for auditors during the annual audit
• Ongoing improvements in efficiency and automation
• Involvement in ad-hoc projects including system reviews, implementations and upgrades
• Provide support to the Head of Financial Control
• Provide support to the FP&A team for budgeting and forecasting

Skills and Experience sought:

• Qualified accountant with experience working in the Financial Services Industry preferred
• Good knowledge of UK financial reporting standards (FRS102)
• Strong Excel and reporting skills
• Highly organised and methodical with an ability to see tasks through to completion.
• Ability to prioritise a number of different tasks at once and manage the workload of others
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrable alignment with UTB's core values of 'Teamwork, Service, Integrity, Responsibility and Tenacity'
• Good team player, willingness to help their team to achieve its goals

Remuneration and Benefits:

• competitive salary and bonus package.
• matched pension contributions up to 7%
• 26 days annual leave plus two wellbeing days and opportunity to purchase additional holiday
• flexible and hybrid working
• private medical insurance via Vitality
• life, income protection and critical illness insurance
• enhanced family leave pay
• extensive learning and personal development opportunities
• electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme
• season ticket loan
• wellbeing support - discounted gym membership, employee assistance programme, 24/7 private GP access for staff and their immediate family (online), 1:1 key life stage coaching