Vice President Accounting - Mandarin Speaking in London

The Financial Management department is in charge of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the financial activities of the bank. The department performs a variety of financial functions, including accounting and financial reporting, fixed assets and expenses management, budget and management reporting, taxation (indirect and direct), regulatory reporting and treasury (asset and liability management).

As a Vice President Accounting – Mandarin Speaking, you will be responsible to lead and manage the Accounting team, overseeing accounting operations, statutory reporting, and Head Office reporting functions. This is a full time permanent position.

• Ensure accounting treatments comply with IFRS, applicable regulatory requirements, and Head Office accounting policies.
• Maintain and regularly review accounting policies, procedures and controls to ensure they remain current, effective and aligned with Head Office standards.
• Ensure timely, accurate and complete financial and regulatory reporting to Head Office and other relevant stakeholders.
• Strengthen and enhance the financial control framework, ensuring controls are robust, efficient and appropriately documented.
• Lead the annual statutory audit process, coordinating with external auditors to ensure high-quality financial statements are delivered within agreed deadlines.
• Identify, assess, and manage financial and operational risks within the accounting function, ensuring appropriate mitigation measures are implemented.
• Act as the primary contact for internal audits, Head Office audits and second-line assurance reviews, coordinating responses and overseeing the timely remediation of findings.
• Manage team and provide leadership, coaching and development opportunities to team members, supporting performance management, professional development and succession planning.

• Degree educated in Finance, Accounting, Business, or relevant subjects.
• Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Proven experience within the banking or financial services sector.
• Experience of managing or working closely with internal and external audit functions.
• Solid technical accounting knowledge, including a sound understanding of IFRS and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated people management and leadership skills, with the ability to develop and motivate teams.
• Excellent English and Mandarin communication skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to identify risks, strengthen controls and drive continuous improvement.
• Highly organised.
• Attention to detail.

Having a presence in the UK for more than 90 years, Bank of China London Branch has been providing an excellent financial service to the market and maintain its competitive edge as an international bank operated in the UK. It has employees in over 33 countries, and it is one of the most internationalised overseas branches in the Bank of China Group. The Bank values the diversity of its employees and aims to create an inclusive environment where everyone can speak up and enjoy equal opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.

We strive to offer you a continuous learning environment and we will invest in your development. We provide personalised and varied learning tools to support your growth and career through:

• Access to the best in class qualifications from leading professional bodies such as the Professional Bankers Certificate and Green & Sustainable Finance Certificate from the Chartered Banker Institute.
• 24/7 on-demand access to over 600 e-tutorials to build and refresh core and advanced banking knowledge.
• Regular pan-bank stay connected sessions to keep in touch with what is going on across the bank and build your network.
• Exploring your unique and collective strengths and development areas to become the best version of yourself using the globally renowned Insights personality profile.
• Developing our People Managers to help coach and guide you towards success, through our 9-month People Manager Development Programme.
• Encouraging a “growth” personal mindset and promoting continuous professional development (CPD) through annual events such as Learning at Work Week.
• Embracing change in a fast-moving industry and encouraging a forward-looking perspective on career development to “future-proof” your career.
• Promoting cross cultural intelligence and seeking out diverse and inclusive perspectives on challenges faced and their solutions.

We provide an attractive and comprehensive benefits package, offering flexibility that can enable you to select the benefits that suit your needs, including:

• Complimentary Lunch.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Retail Discounts.