Senior Finance Manager

Jobs via eFinancialCareers; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution in the UK is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to take ownership of the financial oversight for a major project. This high-visibility role involves working with senior leadership, ensuring financial integrity, and leading a small team. The candidate should be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and a background in financial control within the banking sector. Competitive salary of £90,000 - £100,000 with additional benefits is offered. Hybrid working model available.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Matched pension scheme

Private medical and dental cover

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Strong background in financial control or finance leadership within financial services.
• Ability to manage complex finance projects in regulated environments.
• Experience in remediation, financial modelling, or regulatory reporting advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial provision modelling and design of redress calculations.
• Oversee audit and assurance processes.
• Deliver accurate, timely financial reporting.
• Act as the Finance lead for a large-scale ongoing project.
• Lead and develop a small, high-performing team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Influencing

Leadership

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Job description

We are partnering with a leading UK banking group to recruit a Senior Finance Manager. This newly created role will take ownership of the financial oversight of a major ongoing project. You'll work closely with senior leadership, the wider finance function, and key regulatory stakeholders to ensure financial integrity and robust reporting. You'll business partner at a senior level to produce key insights and trends from large quantities of data, and look to automate processes. It's a high-visibility position with CFO exposure, and the opportunity to shape finance processes and frameworks in a business undergoing significant change.

Our client is a well-established UK banking group with a strong reputation for integrity, customer focus, and responsible lending. Operating across multiple specialist divisions, the bank combines commercial agility with the scale and stability of a regulated financial institution. You'll be joining a collaborative, values-led environment where finance plays a critical role in driving both customer and regulatory outcomes. Leading a small team of two, you'll report into the Division Finance Director, with strong C-suite exposure.

Financial Control, Reporting & Modelling

• Lead financial provision modelling and design of redress calculations for customer remediation programmes.
• Oversee audit and assurance processes, ensuring all financial and regulatory requirements are met.
• Manage reconciliations of payments and related tax transactions.
• Deliver accurate, timely financial reporting to senior management, regulators, and audit partners.
• Own budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring clarity around variances and financial impacts.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the Finance lead for a large-scale ongoing project, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across Finance, FP&A, Customer Resolutions, and Risk.
• Lead, develop, and motivate a small, high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
• Partner with Risk, Legal, and Compliance teams to support regulatory engagement and responses.
• Develop, document, and embed redress calculation methodologies aligned with programme and regulatory needs.
• Collaborate with audit and assurance partners to validate assumptions and ensure transparency.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Strong background in financial control, commercial finance, or finance leadership within financial services.
• Proven ability to manage complex finance projects in regulated environments.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail; comfortable interpreting large data sets.
• Strong communicator and influencer, able to operate effectively at senior level.
• Adaptable, commercially aware, and comfortable leading through change.
• Experience in remediation, financial modelling, or regulatory reporting advantageous.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary £90,000 - £100,000.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Matched pension scheme.
• Private medical and dental cover.
• Hybrid working (3-4 days in office, London or Doncaster).
• High-profile role with exposure to executive leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
• Opportunity to shape financial processes and governance within a respected UK banking group.