UK Financial Business Partner - AIB, UK Finance

Allied Irish Banks; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a qualified accountant to join their dynamic Financial Business Partner team. This exciting role offers the chance to contribute to strategic financial objectives while working in a hybrid environment that balances remote and onsite collaboration. You will engage with various business teams, analyze financial results, and support decision-making processes. If you are passionate about finance and eager to develop your skills in a supportive team, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Variable Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Family Leave Options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a relevant role within Financial Services.
• Experience in preparing financial insights to support decision making.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly financial results and identify variances.
• Prepare and report financial results to leadership teams.
• Support ad hoc business and regulatory requests.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Education

Accounting Qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

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UK Financial Business Partner - AIB, UK Finance

Role: UK Financial Business Partner – AIB, UK Finance

Location: Hybrid approach to working, which will include a blend of onsite in London or Belfast (London Preferred) and remote working

Are you a qualified accountant with good analytical and communication skills, who would like to be part of a dynamic team contributing to strong commercial outcomes for the organisation?

AIB UK Finance are looking for an experienced qualified accountant with Financial Services experience, to join our Financial Business Partner team supporting the UK Corporate business. The Financial business partner team is a future-focussed team supporting the businesses of AIB GB in Britain and AIB NI in Northern Ireland. This role focuses primarily on supporting the AIB Corporate business in delivering against their strategic and financial objectives by acting as a trusted advisor and assisting the business in decision making.

AIB UK Finance is one of the key support and control functions for AIB UK and is key to AIB UK’s success in delivering its strategic and financial objectives. We are a group of 25+ professionals operating from offices in Belfast and London, with responsibility for Business Partnering & Decision Support and Regulatory Reporting and Asset & Liability Management (ALM).

We are looking for an individualwho wants to be part of that successful team, to develop their skills and to realise their potential. We have ahybrid working model that enables our people to balance their time between working from home and the office. Supporting our teams in this way is important to our success.

The role offers the right candidate the opportunity to develop a deep knowledge of AIB UK’s Corporate business as well as exposure to wider AIB UK business and Group Finance support.

We are looking for someone who will:

• Review monthly financial results for the AIB UK Corporate business, identifying variances to financial and business plan and using this to inform projections and forecasts
• Prepare and report financial results at monthly AIB UK Corporate Leadership Team.
• Engage with business teams to inform new business and redemptions projections
• Coordinate the collation and submission of the three year financial plan for AIB UK Corporate business, as well as supporting wider AIB UK Financial Plan. This includes engagement with Corporate Sector teams to review and update the financial plan and document underlying assumptions.
• Support the operation of the Loan Pricing Model for Corporate & Business Lending including supporting the UK Loan Pricing Committee.
• Analysis and reporting of RAROC (Risk Adjusted Return on Capital) on all new lending engaging with business and capital management unit to ensure this is above plan thresholds
• Support ad hoc Business and Regulatory requests for the AIB UK Corporate and wider UK business, as required
• Support Transformation and Strategic projects for the AIB UK Corporate and wider UK business, as required.

What you will bring:

• Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with 5+ years’ experience in a relevant role including experience in the Financial Services sector.
• Experience of preparing financial insights/analysis to support decision making.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills including demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• An ability to work both independently and collaboratively to problem solve and implement changes.
• An ability to manage competing priorities and to deliver against tight deadlines.

Why Work for AIB

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options

Please click here for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.

Key Capabilities

• Ensures Accountability
• Eliminates Complexity
• Stakeholder Management
• Budgeting
• Business Partnering & Consulting
• Reporting

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role , Tim at [e-mail] for a conversation.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

If you feel you have what it takes, click apply and fill in the online application form. If you would like more information, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at [e-mail]

By when? Closing date is Friday 16th May.

Disclaimer:

Unsolicited CV’s sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.

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