Finance Manager/Business Analyst

Summary:

About the role:

Key responsibilities and scope of the role

• Take a leading role in the design, testing and implementation of the new finance general ledger system and it's production of key reporting outcomes including:
• Production of the monthly numbers for the Business Unit for review by the Financial Controller
• Applicable statutory, regulatory and liquidity reporting for the Business Unit, ensuring it adheres with all standards, policies and delivery deadlines

• Support the development and improvement of business processes
• Implement any required changes to financial reporting, systems and processes smoothly and efficiently.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with the other members of the wider finance and business teams to share best practice and standards
• Engage with the provision of information for external auditors
• Define strategic, core and support processes that transcend functional and organisational boundaries; identify and describe external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with Finance; and describe which people, resources and controls are involved in the processes.
• Using analysis define the data shared across the enterprise
• Work with our Change Management experts to understand and manage opportunities, impacts and risks of any new change management initiative.

About you:

Key behavioural skills

• Be adept at the provision of a combination of soft skills, knowledge of business, system thinking, business analysis, change management techniques, awareness in business changes in the economic environment and technology.
• Have working knowledge of applicable Financial and Regulatory Reporting requirements (e.g. IFRS, SII)
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail
• Produce high quality, timely deliverables
• Work with agility and at pace with limited supervision, escalating as appropriate
• Show credibility, professionalism and strong personal integrity
• Evidence the ability to think about business in a way that is abstracted from how business functions are implemented by technology.
• Demonstrate Problem–solving Skills: Proactive approach to the resolution of problems and obstacles
• Demonstrate Communication Skills: an effective communicator who is able to relate problem solutions orally, graphically and in writing.
• Demonstrate Teamwork Spirit: work collaboratively with all stakeholders and third parties to build strong relationships, act as mentors to the team, support an environment of continual improvement and act as an ambassador for Change Management.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Qualified Accountant (2+ years PQE)
• Strong working knowledge of a Finance business and varying degrees of appreciation for its strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance
• Experience of working in a Finance function within Financial Services (including capital, regulatory and liquidity requirements) or Big 4 audit experience would be advantageous
• Knowledge of applicable Financial and Regulatory Reporting requirements (e.g. IFRS, SII)
• Familiarity with working with multiple stakeholders and to tight timescales in a delivery focused fashion
• Experience of working in a highly results–orientated, growth and performance driven environment, with a focus on excellence
• The ability to recognise structural issues within the organisation, functional interdependencies, and cross–silo redundancies,
• Extensive communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organisation; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualisations,
• Strong analytical, inter–personal and presentation skills
• Team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organisation with the ability to facilitate, negotiate and influence others to move toward consensus.

Benefits

No matter what job you do you should feel valued and appreciated. That's why we offer a competitive total reward package, which enables our employees to share in the success they help to create.

Holiday: 26 days

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in our incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and their contribution to it

Pension Scheme: 10% non–contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions

Benefit Allowance: A cash benefit allowance is payable in lieu of some of our core benefits.