Financial Controller Manager in Islington

Description - MUST COME FROM RECENT WEALTH OR PRIVATE BANKING HISTORY

The Manager role forms a key part of the Wealth Management Europe ('WME') FC team and is responsible for ensuring that the end-to-end financial control framework supports the production of IFRS compliant Balance Sheets and Income Statements. The role will be responsible for supporting FC, CT, and change management activities for all WME business, whilst also ensuring a robust control environment. The role will require partnering with the business and functions where issues have been identified, to ensure appropriate action plans are implemented and managed effectively.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Financial control activities:

• Review/input of journals ensuring impact of journal is in accordance with reporting requirements and business expectations.
• Preparation and review of analytical reviews of month-end results, provide relevant variance analysis, and communicate key drivers to Snr Management.
• Make contributions to continuous improvements of the financial control process, constantly challenging the way things are done to save time and improve the control environment.
• Update documentation of processes and procedures maintained in Confluence as required.
• Review high risk head office returns.
• Assist with the preparation of Legal Entity financial statements.
• Prepare the monthly IRRBB GAP01 returns and respond to any queries.
• Engage with CT PC to support month-end close activities.

• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the end-to-end general ledger is maintained at all times from transactions through to the general ledger.
• Ensure key control reconciliations, Standards of Documentation ('SoD') packages and PEGA attestation are produced, reviewed and signed off in line with policy.
• Ensure monitoring and resolution of all reconciliation breaks and review points by development and implementation of appropriate action plans within agreed timescales.

• Be a key member of the project team in defining the end-to-end processes in relation to FC.
• Assessing strategies for migration of future finance activities, building business cases, robust plans and solutions.
• Identifying and escalating as appropriate issues that may arise during the various stages of the change process.
• Assist with the new business initiatives (NBC), tactical enhancements and strategic projects within assigned businesses to ensure Financial Control requirements are met that will enable IFRS compliant accounting.
• Contribute to the design, development and enhancement of systems, processes and reporting in order to achieve best practice targets and add value to reporting.
• Lead the closure activities of businesses that are being exited.

AUTHORITIES, IMPACT, RISK:

This position supports the key functions listed under primary responsibilities. Management of operational risk within the Finance Team. Partner with Finance Snr Management team, including the WME Chief Financial Officer, members of wider.