Senior Finance Manager Controls

Michael Page Finance; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Job summary

Michael Page Finance is recruiting a senior Finance controls leader in Birmingham. You will run and continuously improve the controls framework across accounting, reporting, provisions, pensions and governance processes.

You will own monthly and quarterly governance meetings, chair pension governance forums and coordinate with risk and Trustees. You will oversee IAS19 pension reporting, challenge IAS37 provisions, and manage non-financial risk controls within a large financial services

Qualifications

• Experience in UK bank / large financial services / IFRS reporting environment.
• Ability to design, implement and operate key controls for NFR.
• Experience owning a robust control environment including SOX.
• Strong understanding of IAS19 pensions and IAS37 provisions.

Responsibilities

• Run and improve the Finance controls framework across accounting, reporting, provisions and governance processes.
• Own monthly and quarterly governance meetings and related control activities.
• Lead pensions reporting under IAS19 and coordinate with trustees and risk teams.
• Oversee provisions review under IAS37 and ensure robust documentation of outcomes.
• Coordinate audit/assurance activities including SOX walkthroughs and model risk controls.
• Support governance papers and finance projects such as data quality improvements.

Skills

UK IFRS reporting environment

ACA/ACCA

Strong financial reporting

Non-Financial Risk controls

SOX governance

Education

ACA/ACCA

Job description

Client Details

A global Financial Services organisation based in Birmingham.

Description

• Run and continuously improve the Finance controls framework across financial accounting, reporting, provisions, pensions and governance processes
• Own key monthly and quarterly governance meetings, including monthly control activities (e.g., balance sheet reconciliation/substantiation, ARCC issue management, intercompany reporting) and quarterly governance for major provision areas
• Lead pensions financial reporting and governance under IAS19, including chairing/leading the pension governance forum and coordinating closely with pension strategy, risk and Trustees
• Oversee and challenge complex provisions and remediation activity under IAS37, reviewing assumptions, judgements, methodologies and inputs, and ensuring robust control and documentation of outcomes
• Support periodic impairment assessments on non-financial assets and subsidiaries, fair value levelling, currency sale process, and related control reviews
• Coordinate audit/assurance and broader control change activity, acting as the Finance point for internal/external audit (incl. SOX walkthroughs), model risk-related control assessments
• Provide oversight and challenge on governance papers, review packs for accounting judgements, management forum materials and support wider Finance projects (e.g., automation, data quality and IRR remediation initiatives)

Profile

• Demonstrable experience working within a UK bank / large financial services / IFRS reporting environment
• ACA/ACCA
• Strong financial reporting experience
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating key controls to manage Non-Financial Risk (NFR)
• Demonstrable experience owning and operating a robust control environment including SOX
• Experience interpreting accounting standards/reporting requirements, particularly IAS37 (provisions) and IAS19 (pensions)

Job Offer

• Competitive salary of £90,000 - £110,000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Comprehensive pension scheme.
• Private healthcare coverage.