Wholesale Financial Controls Manager
Full Job Description
Job Description
Working within the UK Finance Team, this individual will be independently managing several control and operational risk processes within UK Finance (with exposure to Europe Finance), specifically balance sheet focussed. Assist in enhancing and providing assurance on financial controls within the UK in accordance with Group policies and best practice.
Sundry and Suspense confirmation process
- Manage the balance sheet confirmation process and monthly and quarterly confirmation process
- Check returns for completion and data quality
- Respond to queries
- Provide training to users on system
- Prepare reports and summarise issues for escalation
- Engage with account owners and cost centre owners to ensure the enforcement of a robust control environment to perform adequate reconciliation of account balances
- Prepare high risk reports and push back on long outstanding items and identify items needing provisioning or write off; including discussions with senior members of staff.
- Follow up non-responders and ensure that all risks are adequately mitigated.
- Be the first point of contact for auditors (both internal and externally) in respect of sundry and suspense accounts.
Operational Risk Management Assessment
- Identify controls issue for Phoenix-OR profile as well as taking action to close issues identified and implement agreed action plans.
- Take
- A qualified accountant (ACA or equivalent) with strong accounting skills essential
- Most likely from Big 4 environment, at Manager level at the moment
- Experience in an audit-controls environment within Finance
- Active participation in the development of control processes
- Enhancement of reporting information to senior management
- Able to communicate effectively across all levels within an organisation
- A self starter, able to work with minimum supervision
- A team player
- Hands on, experienced in managed large volume of data and able to extract bigger picture from detail
- Able to work to tight deadlines when required
- Capable of controlling and managing several tasks at the same time
- Competent in excel and word
- Banking experience would be an advantage but not essential
- Knowledge of access would be an advantage, but not essential
- Willing to travel overseas for peer review.
Wholesale Financial Controls Manager required in Wholesale Banking environment in London City. The ideal candidate will come from Financial Services and potentiall Big 4, Manager level
- Base salary from £55,000 to £65,000 for the right level of candidate: from Senior Associate to Junior VP
- Excellent Company Benefits package
- Competitive Bonus Scheme
Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.
Please quote Michael Page reference when applying Job ref:MPGX13242805
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