Technical Accounting Manager

The Group Accounting Policy team supports the Bank by providing advice on technical accounting issues and acting as a valued business partner. We work with multiple stakeholders across the Group, adapting our communication style for various audiences in order to explain technical concepts clearly. You will need to be self-motivated, with an aptitude for dealing with ambiguity and arriving at appropriate, business-focussed solutions. Please note that this position is a fixed term contract position for a period of 12 months.

As the Technical Accounting Manager, your role is to provide expert technical accounting advice and accounting policy expertise across the organisation; working with a wide range of stakeholders across the business (including Group Finance, Operations, IT, Capital Markets and Tax) to conclude on the correct treatment for complex transactions that require a high level of accounting judgment and ensure this is documented appropriately. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with the Head of Statutory Accounting by undertaking technical accounting analysis on proposed corporate transactions e.g. capital market transactions, merger and acquisitions and/or corporate restructuring.
• Acting as the contact for Finance and the wider business to assess the accounting treatment of proposed transactions under IFRS.
• Ensuring transactions and other accounting judgments are documented in a clear and consistent manner with sufficient evidence to support the accounting treatment.
• Working with colleagues across Finance and more widely to ensure that accounting conclusions are understood and implemented appropriately.
• Assisting in liaising with our external auditors to ensure their comfort with our approach.
• Supporting the maintenance of the accounting policy framework through the annual policy cycle.
• Reviewing and amending Group accounting policies, working with partners across Finance to accurately capture existing policy decisions and to ensure that updates to policies can be operationalised in an efficient and effective manner.
• Keeping up to date with new developments in IFRS, including standard-setting and pronouncements from the IASB, FRC and other bodies and assessing the possible impact to the Group and communication of this to affected stakeholders.

We offer a base salary dependent on experience ranging from £69,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

• Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan.

At OSB Group, we understand how much our people bring to our organisation, which is why we try our best to give back too! Our Purpose is to help our customers, colleagues and communities prosper and we are on a transformation journey to become 'the bank of the future'. Our commitment to professional development, flexible working, and employee well-being fosters a dynamic and supportive workplace.

We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

• Previous work experience in a technical accounting role, interpreting and working with IFRS.
• Previous experience working collaboratively internally with stakeholders and also with external audit partners.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and UK Public Company financial reporting is required.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACA or ACCA) is essential.

If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.

Our team value spending time together in the office, typically 3 days a week to support collaboration and connection with colleagues, but we're happy to have a conversation about what flexibility might look like for you. Not sure if you meet the spec? Let us decide. Research tells us that those from marginalised groups feel like they need to meet 100% of the criteria to apply. Here at OSB, we are committed to inclusivity and understand the value different experiences and perspectives can bring, so please don't feel like you need to check every box to apply for a role internally. We champion diversity at all levels, with Board-level Diversity Champions tracking our progress. We are proud to be signed up to the Women in Finance Charter to actively support the growth and development of senior women in our sector and are dedicated to treating all our employees and job applicants equally, opposed to discrimination on any grounds.