Management Accountant

Location:Solihull, Hybrid

A bit about us:

At BNPParibas Personal Finance, we’re part of a global bank and are proud to be a Top Employer UK, providing a great place to work in an open and inclusive environment.

We’re here to provide simple and straightforward consumer finance solutions and we work with many well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance their purchases in a responsible way.

We care about making a positive impact for our colleagues, customers, partners, and the wider community. That’s why we live by our values of we're positive, we’re brave, and we own it.

The Role:

Assist the management control team to produce month-end performance including journal postings into financial ledgers and assist in producing business line revenue forecasts. Ensuring clear, accurate and complete reporting through creation of reports and reconciliations between Risk & Finance and Production Margins.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting into the Senior Management Accountant
• Delivery of accurate reporting of month end performance of NBI (Revenue) and Cost of Risk for BNP Paribas PF UK, including journal posting into financial ledgers and analysis of trends.
• Support local and group reporting through creation of reports and reconciliations between Risk and Finance.
• Assist the Senior Management Accountant in projects/sprints to streamline the forecasting process, including the rebuilding of forecast models to implement flexible forecasting.
• Aid the Senior Management Accountant in the production of 3-year plans, budgets and forecasts, for activity, capital and risk, including relevant and clear analysis for presentations packs for senior management.
• Support the collation of management information packs and presentations for inclusion in local management reporting, group reporting & board packs.
• Assist the Senior Management Accountant in implementing and monitoring data controls for month end and forecasting outputs, including data management in SAS, Access, and Hyperion.
• Work with the Senior Management Accountant to investigate opportunities to implement business self-services and automated reporting solutions.
• Maintain policies and procedures, identify weaknesses in processes and introduce improvements.

Skills& Attributes:

• Well Spoken, articulate & Punctual.
• Experience in a Management Accountant role (Must)
• Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis
• VBA & SQL Advanced skills.
• Strong numerical, analytical and presentation skills.
• ACCA or CIMA qualification (Desirable)
• Experience in Programming languages such as SQL, SAS, or Python.
• Ability to make informed decisions based on the information available.
• Diligent & Accurate
• Strong communication skills.
• Highly analytical & experience to working towards tight deadlines.
• Ability to challenge current procedures and make recommendations.
• Ability to liaise and work with other departments.
• Strong Data & Analytical skills.
• Willing and able to work additional hours when appropriate.
• A self – motivated individual who can apply their own initiative to the role.

Could this be you?

BNP Paribas Personal Finance believe it’s a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most.

What’s in it for you?

As well as working for a Top Employer UK 2024 and being part of a team that changes customer’s lives, there are some excellent benefits too. We offer a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, and our Health Cash plan scheme. You also receive access to our multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform designed to provide you with the best range of benefits available to suit your lifestyle including life insurance and private medical insurance. There are also perks which give you fantastic discounts off eating out, cinema tickets, days out and much more. Learn more about what it means to be part of the BNP Paribas Personal Finance team here: www.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQUzrPfMI6WNvADKdIPqN9PpY9vjjswdQ(Opens in a new tab) or follow this link to learn more about careers at BNPParibas Personal Finance: https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/careers/(Opens in a new tab).

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

BNPParibas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

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