Senior Finance Manager Controls

Birmingham Permanent £90,000 - £110,000 per year View Job Description
As a Senior Finance Manager Controls within a Global Financial Services organisation you will be responsible for overseeing strong financial controls and ensuring compliance. This role will play a key part in maintaining the organisation's financial integrity and supporting effective decision-making.
  • Senior Finance Manager for one of the largest Financial Services organisations
  • Opportunity to be part of a thriving business with an ambition to grow.

About Our Client

A global Financial Services organisation based in Birmingham.

Job Description

  • Run and continuously improve the Finance controls framework across financial accounting, reporting, provisions, pensions and governance processes
  • Own key monthly and quarterly governance meetings, including monthly control activities (e.g., balance sheet reconciliation/substantiation, ARCC issue management, intercompany reporting) and quarterly governance for major provision areas
  • Lead pensions financial reporting and governance under IAS19, including chairing/leading the pension governance forum and coordinating closely with pension strategy, risk and Trustees
  • Oversee and challenge complex provisions and remediation activity under IAS37, reviewing assumptions, judgements, methodologies and inputs, and ensuring robust control and documentation of outcomes
  • Support periodic impairment assessments on non-financial assets and subsidiaries, fair value levelling, currency sale process, and related control reviews
  • Coordinate audit/assurance and broader control change activity, acting as the Finance point for internal/external audit (incl. SOX walkthroughs), model risk-related control assessments
  • Provide oversight and challenge on governance papers, review packs for accounting judgements, management forum materials and support wider Finance projects (e.g., automation, data quality and IRR remediation initiatives)



The Successful Applicant

  • Demonstrable experience working within a UK bank / large financial services / IFRS reporting environment
  • ACA/ACCA
  • Strong financial reporting experience
  • Experience designing, implementing, and operating key controls to manage Non-Financial Risk (NFR)
  • Demonstrable experience owning and operating a robust control environment including SOX
  • Experience interpreting accounting standards/reporting requirements, particularly IAS37 (provisions) and IAS19 (pensions)

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary of £90,000 - £110,000, dependent on the level of experience.
  • Performance-based bonus.
  • Comprehensive pension scheme.
  • Private healthcare coverage.



Contact
Debbie Kavanagh
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7106230
Phone number
+44 121 230 9362

Job summary

Job function
Banking & Financial Services
Subsector
Accountancy & Finance
Sector
Financial Services
Where
Birmingham
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Debbie Kavanagh
Consultant phone
+44 121 230 9362
Job reference
JN-092026-7106230