Finance Manager, Product Accounting

Secure Trust Bank Ltd; Hampton in Arden; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK seeks a finance leader to manage financial accounting processes and support a high-performing team. The role requires a financial professional with ACCA, ACA, or CIMA qualifications and strong experience in UK Financial Services. Join a company dedicated to diversity and professional growth, offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Collaborative and flexible working environment

Opportunities for professional development

Competitive salary and benefits package

Chance to make a real impact

Qualifications

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification with at least 5 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Experience in UK Financial Services, ideally within a Financial Control environment.
• Strong experience with general ledger and reconciliations.
• Understanding of IFRS and statutory reporting principles.
• Track record in delivering process improvements.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence with MS Office.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor team for high-quality financial information delivery.
• Oversee product accounting and reporting compliance.
• Build relationships across Finance and Operations.
• Drive process improvements and automation initiatives.
• Ensure documentation and audit trails for financial activities.
• Support system and product implementations.

Job description

About The Role

About The Role Are you a qualified finance professional with a passion for leading high-performing teams and driving excellence in financial control? We’re looking for a dynamic and inclusive leader to join our Finance team and take ownership of our financial accounting processes, ensuring the integrity of our general ledger and delivering accurate, timely product accounting across all divisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing and mentoring your team to deliver high-quality financial information and reconciliations.
• Overseeing product accounting and reporting for all divisions, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Building strong relationships across Finance, Operations, and other key internal stakeholders.
• Driving process improvements, automation initiatives, and supporting change programmes.
• Ensuring robust documentation and audit trails for all financial control activities.
• Supporting system and product implementations, including user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Maintaining performance KPIs and contributing to strategic projects.

What You’ll Bring

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification with at least 5 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Proven success in UK Financial Services, ideally within a Financial Control environment.
• Strong general ledger and reconciliation experience.
• Solid understanding of IFRS and statutory reporting principles.
• A track record of delivering process improvements and automation.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence using MS Office.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

Why Join Us?

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. You’ll be part of a supportive team that embraces and supports diversity, works with leading industry bodies and promotes initiatives that reinforce our philosophy of giving you the freedom to be who you are.

We offer:

• A collaborative and flexible working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• A chance to make a real impact in a regulated, purpose-driven organisation.

About The Company

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, but we can’t achieve our customer-focused strategy without the right people in our team. At Secure Trust Bank, we know that people are our biggest investment, which is why a career with us is not just a job. It’s the chance to be part of something bigger, to add real value to the Bank and help us constantly improve, in order to achieve our ambition of becoming the best bank in Britain. We believe in giving our staff autonomy, with initiative and exceptional performance recognised through a variety of individual and team awards and incentives. All our employees have a tangible impact on the Group’s core values, and we are looking for candidates who are enthusiastic, proactive and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. So join us as we strive to grow, sustain and love the way we work.

We are a strong Group because of our people and our strengths; specialist, expert, ambitious and also diverse. All of our people are different and we celebrate that diversity. Secure Trust Bank Group nurtures differences because we perform better when we are not cast from the same mould.