Reporting & Controls Manager

LendInvest is the UK’s leading FinTech platform for property finance. Over the past 17 years, we have grown from just our two founders to a team of over 200 working to make property finance simple for everyone. A workplace culture built around trying new things, getting things done, and having fun while we do it has helped us lend more than £7.5 billion of mortgages, put thousands of new or improved homes into the UK housing market, and successfully launch on the London Stock Exchange. We have big plans to continue growing the business, our products, our technology, and our people.

About Your Work

In this role as Reporting & Controls Manager, you will establish clear ownership, coordination and governance across the firm’s regulatory reporting processes. The organisation currently produces regulatory returns through contributions from multiple teams including Finance, Credit Risk, Operations, Compliance and Technology. While subject matter expertise exists within those functions, there is currently no single role accountable for orchestrating the end‑to‑end process, embedding controls, coordinating handoffs, and ensuring reporting obligations are delivered consistently and on time. The successful candidate will act as the central coordination and governance point for regulatory reporting across the business. The role is not intended to replace the expertise or responsibilities of functions such as Finance or Credit Risk. Instead, it will ensure the overall reporting process is controlled, evidenced, repeatable and regulator ready. The role will initially focus heavily on process mapping, ownership clarity, control design, reconciliation oversight, reporting governance and operational coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting Controls & Assurance
• Regulatory Reporting Oversight
• Process Improvement & Operating Model Development

About you

• Regulatory Reporting Governance & Coordination
• Establish and maintain the firm‑wide regulatory reporting calendar across all applicable returns.
• Coordinate end‑to‑end reporting activities across Finance, Credit Risk, Operations, Compliance, HR and Technology.
• Define and maintain clear RACI ownership for every regulatory return, including data providers, reviewers, approvers and submission owners.
• Ensure all reporting deadlines, dependencies and handoffs are actively managed and escalated where required.
• Act as the central coordination point for regulatory reporting activity across the organisation.
• Design and embed a robust four‑eyes review process for regulatory submissions.
• Establish and maintain submission evidence packs including reconciliations, review sign‑offs, supporting extracts and challenge documentation.
• Oversee reconciliations between regulatory returns, operational data and financial inputs.
• Ensure all reporting processes are documented, auditable and independently reproducible.
• Identify control gaps, process weaknesses and operational risks within the reporting lifecycle and drive remediation activity.
• Coordinate preparation and submission activities across all regulatory returns in scope.
• Ensure reporting requirements and regulatory definitions are consistently understood across contributing teams.
• Work closely with Finance, Risk and Compliance to ensure submissions align with regulatory expectations.
• Support responses to FCA/PRA queries, RegData validations, audits and internal reviews.
• Maintain oversight of reporting quality, completeness and timeliness across the reporting estate.
• Map and document current reporting processes, data flows and operational dependencies.
• Drive simplification and standardisation of reporting activities where possible.
• Work with Technology and Data teams to improve reporting workflows, automation opportunities and evidence management.
• Reduce reliance on informal knowledge, manual coordination and spreadsheet‑driven processes.
• Help mature the organisation’s overall regulatory reporting operating model over time.

Essential

• Experience operating within regulatory reporting, regulatory operations, governance, controls or reporting transformation roles within a regulated financial services environment.
• Strong understanding of FCA and/or PRA regulatory reporting environments.
• Experience coordinating complex cross‑functional processes involving multiple stakeholders and data owners.
• Experience designing or improving reporting controls, governance processes or reconciliation frameworks.
• Strong organisational and operational coordination capability.
• Comfortable operating in environments where processes and ownership models are still evolving.
• Strong stakeholder management and escalation capability.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with data, reconciliations and operational reporting.

Desirable

• Experience within lending, mortgages, banking or broader financial services.
• Familiarity with FCA RegData and regulatory submission processes.
• Experience supporting regulatory audits, reviews or remediation activity.
• Exposure to reporting frameworks such as MLAR, MIFIDPRU, PSD or related returns.
• Accounting or finance background.
• Experience in process improvement, operational change or governance transformation initiatives.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + company bonus scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• 25 days holiday (increasing with the length of service)
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced parental leave
• Matched pension contributions up to 4%
• Critical illness cover
• Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health support
• Life assurance
• Regular performance reviews to promote a culture of growth and development
• Leadership training for managers
• Give as you earn scheme for charitable donations
• Support for attending conferences and professional learning & development
• Discounts via Perkbox
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Electric car loan scheme
• Monthly socials & annual offsite

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at LendInvest

At LI we believe in bringing your whole selves to work, we are committed to a culture of belonging where individuals can form a genuine community. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We are happy to discuss and implement reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process.