Financial Accountant new

Job Description

A Financial Accountant responsible for the financial integrity of portfolios within the Bank’s SME franchise including the month end processes. The role will provide technical support for new products and acquisitions and maintain and develop strong relationships with the business, operations and other finance teams.  

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

Qualifications

Skills & Experience 

• Qualified with a professional body such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc  
• 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 

Additional Information

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