Senior Financial Control Analyst

Overview

This role supports the Financial Control function, helping ensure accurate ledger processing and robust financial control as the organization grows. The team works closely with Finance stakeholders and product teams to deliver correct month-end reporting and effective group consolidation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a tight process with internal Finance teams to ensure a swift month-end close process and group consolidation.
• Understand the business and its products to write insightful management commentary.
• Use accounting systems effectively to minimise manual reporting effort and take advantage of available features.
• Identify opportunities to improve and transform processes, driving incremental improvements through adoption of AI.
• Develop SQL skills to run reports and propose solutions that make processes efficient and scalable.
• Support the year-end process by working with external auditors and the Financial Reporting squad.
• Review new products, assess accounting implications, and implement changes in the banking platform and accounting system.
• Assess the impact of changes in accounting standards and make proposals on accounting policy matters for new products launched.
• Help maintain the integrity of the chart of accounts and financial static data.
• Resolve miscellaneous finance inquiries and support the broader Finance team as needed, including forecasting and valuations, bank transfers, transfer pricing, and tax policy research.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with 2+ years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience ideally in financial reporting/controlling teams and working in a retail banking environment.
• Strong understanding of technical accounting standards.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Interest in the banking and regulatory landscape, with an understanding of key financial controls.
• Self-starter who can handle tasks end-to-end, from operational matters (e.g., bank transfers) to producing reports for investors.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear language for people with diverse backgrounds.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-evolving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL skills (bonus).

Compensation & Benefits

• £56,000 - £75,000 + Incentive Awards tied to performance.
• £1,000 learning budget each year for books, training courses, and conferences.
• Flexible working hours with trust to work sufficient hours to do the job well, and at times that suit you and your team.
• Work-from-home setup: Macbooks provided; fully remote workers receive extra support for their work-from-home setup.

Location

• London/Cardiff (London or Cardiff office base)
• Distributed working within the UK is also available, with ad hoc meetings in London.