Financial Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all month end accounting entries and reconciliations are completed in line with timetable to ensure a timely general ledger close to facilitate reporting. Ensure data integrity through oversight of controls, checks and reconciliations.
• Completion of month end processes including loan balances and interest income recognition, EIR accounting, and consolidation of the Bank’s SME subsidiaries.
• Manage the daily and month end processes for Third Party forward flow portfolios. Create and maintain strong relationships with respective business areas and outsource adminstration suppliers.
• Act as subject matter expert for internal and external change, leading the implementation of new forward flow portfolios and driving the Financial Control process improvement agenda.
• Ensure financial transactions comply with internal policies and accounting standards
• Assist with financial statements preparation for SME subsidiaries
• Support internal and external audit processes by preparing financial documentation and responding to audit inquiries
• Involvement with process improvements via automation, AI

Skills & Experience

• Qualified with a professional body such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc with 2-3 years post qualification experience
• Experience of working in the Financial Services sector
• Team player
• Experience of using SUN general ledger system (or equivalent) and Blackline
• Reconciliations experience
• Excellent communication skills to deal effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Enthusiastic “can do” attitude
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Analytical approach with strong problem-solving skills
• Establishes effective working relationships at all levels
• Customer Focused approach

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done