Senior Financial Reporting Manager (Full-Time, Part-Time, Job-Share)

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join Close Brothers Bank Finance Team where you will support with the management of the statutory Financial Reporting, including month end close and consolidation, financial control and FINREP for the Bank. Role extends to oversight of the business unit financial control teams and running the Financial Controller Forum for the group. The role is also a key contact for the Bank Finance and Risk teams, as well as the external auditors

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage central financial control team responsible for performing Bank month end close, consolidation and statutory reporting
• Oversight of the business financial control teams to ensure compliance and consistency across the Bank along with providing accounting and financial control support
• Partner with other “Centre’s of Excellence” including accounting policy, regulatory reporting and tax to deliver an efficient and effective Finance service to the Banking Division
• Ensure compliance with the Group Accounting Manual and any new standards including assisting in the implementation thereof
• Preparation of accounting papers as required including obtaining sign off from both internal stakeholders and external auditors
• Manage interim and year end statutory reporting requirements liaising with the external auditors and Group
• Senior manager within the Bank Finance Function - demonstrate behaviour commensurate with that role, providing inspirational and motivational leadership and direction to the Finance Team and the wider employee base. Work with the broader team to create a ‘high performance’ culture based on open, honest and regular feedback, challenge, discussion and debate

Developing Our People: as a line manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and motivating your team, as well as developing performance through coaching. You will encourage your team to take responsibility for their own personal development and provide support through regular feedback.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF HAVE/ARE:

• Experience of working in a high-performance Finance environment
• A strong, effective business and people manager
• Significant experience in serving multiple P&L owners across diverse business lines, including juggling multiple and competing stakeholder demands
• Significant experience of exercising financial and accounting controls
• Evidence of taking ownership and adding value in complex and demanding situation
• Appropriate gravitas to work effectively at Board level and with senior management.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence others and effective at stakeholder management
• An excellent communicator with an open and direct style
• Resilient and thrives on a challenge, an excellent relationship builder, motivated by creating a strong team to deliver a quality service
• Qualified accountant or equivalent

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

For roles offering hybrid working: At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:
https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:
https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:
Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group

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Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. We employ over 3,500 people, principally in the UK.

Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250.We remain focused on markets and services we know and understand, developing leading positions and unrivalled expertise. Our approach is prudent and considered enabling us to grow sustainably, through all market conditions, building confidence among our depositors and investors.

Our businesses have remained local as we continue to provide bespoke services, and developing long-term relationships ensuring our success in the future. We value our clients over everything else. What they do is important – they are the doers and makers of things, the wealth creators, the investors and the savers. We ensure our services meet their specific needs and invest to support them as they grow.

These principles, founded in our past but applied to the modern world today, represent what we describe as ‘modern merchant banking’ – values that are embedded in our culture and that underpin everything we do.