Senior Manager Financial Control

About Us

BACB is a UK bank that offers trade finance and complementary products to clients in specialist markets, especially Africa and the Middle East.

We have been helping businesses with trade finance and complementary products for over half a century, focusing on trade flows to and from Africa and the Middle East as well as real estate in the UK.

Our in-depth knowledge of the countries and practices where our clients operate ensures that we put them first.

Additional Info

- Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite, 2 from home
- Location: City of London
- Contract Type: Permanent

Job Summary

To provide senior financial control, reporting and finance data expertise, supporting the delivery of month-end, year-end and statutory reporting obligations whilst supporting the DCFP / Head of Financial Control in the implementation of the bank-wide data project for financial reporting.

The role will independently be responsible for complex reporting activities, perform detailed review of financial and narrative disclosures, support audit and control processes, and ensure financial control processes are enhanced and embed the deliverables of the data project.

Key Work Outputs and Accountabilities

The role holder should be able to operate with a high degree of independence, judgement and accountability, taking ownership of key deliverables from initiation through to completion.

Annual Report and Statutory Reporting

- Support the preparation, review and coordination of year-end statutory reporting deliverables, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting, regulatory and corporate reporting requirements.
- Perform comprehensive qualitative and quantitative review of annual report disclosures, including primary financial statements, notes to the accounts, accounting policies, strategic report and other narrative disclosures.
- Ensure consistency and alignment between reported financial information, management commentary and supporting analysis.
- Coordinate inputs from multiple stakeholders and challenge content where necessary to improve clarity, accuracy and quality of external reporting.
- Act as a senior point of contact for the external auditors throughout the year-end audit process and address audit queries in a timely and professional manner, liaising with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, IT and business functions as necessary.

Financial Reporting and Control

- Review and challenge financial results, balance sheet reconciliations, journals and supporting schedules to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with accounting policies.
- Perform detailed analytical review of financial performance, identifying unusual trends, significant variances and potential reporting issues.
- Support the maintenance and enhancement of the financial control framework, ensuring robust governance, documentation and audit trails.

Finance Data Project

- Support the Finance data lead/SME in the implementation and enhancement of the enterprise data warehouse and associated reporting solutions.
- Review data models, reporting logic and calculations to ensure financial information is complete, accurate and fit for purpose.
- Lead finance participation in testing activities, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing and post-implementation validation.
- Investigate data quality issues, root causes and control weaknesses, ensuring appropriate remediation actions are implemented.
- Champion a robust control framework through documentation standards and reconciliation controls across finance reporting processes.
- Take the initiative to investigate and propose and implement changes in reporting and control processes to ensure continuous improvement and efficiency.

Required Qualifications and Experience

· Qualified Accountant ideally ACA or ACCA with strong background in IFRS

· Strong controls background with experience in either external or internal audit, with experience in year end reporting

· Good knowledge of various finance activities including financial control, tax & cost control.

· Strong knowledge of data lineage

· Experience in contributing to finance change / transformation or data enrichment project.

· Good data and numeracy skills with attention to detail with ability to maintain accuracy at all times

· Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to communicate technical /complex matters to colleagues across all levels of the organisation

· The ability to work autonomously and take initiative in particular building / developing new processes and controls as the Bank’s systems or business change and evolve

· Strong organisational skills with the ability to ensure efficiency whilst balancing priorities