Financial Control, Accountant

The role

The Financial Control Lead owns allocated month-end activities within a small, hands-on team. You will complete month-end tasks, investigate balances and variances, and prepare accounting entries and reconciliations to keep the general ledger accurate.

What you will do

• Own allocated month-end close activities.
• Prepare, review and approve general ledger journals.
• Own revenue and expense analysis and investigate variances.
• Own monthly capitalisation and amortisation process for intangible assets.
• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis for accruals and adjustments.
• Prepare, review and approve bank reconciliations.
• Own monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Take ownership of non-automated accounting entries.
• Build and implement scalable, efficient processes.
• Support management, regulatory, statutory and tax reporting.

Required qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Strong financial accounting and financial control experience within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience managing month-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger controls.
• Experience managing the monthly capitalisation and amortisation of intangible assets.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including experience interpreting and applying accounting standards.
• Experience supporting complex accounting areas.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and audit requirements.
• Proven ability to identify, lead and implement process improvement initiatives.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong financial analysis capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Benefits

• Enhanced family leave policies

Before you apply

• A member of the talent acquisition team will review your application.
• Screening involves a 30-45 minute phone or Teams video call.
• First interview is one hour via Teams.
• Second interview is a competency-based interview with one or more team members.
• Final stage is a 45-60 minute meeting with the Head of Department.

About the company

ClearBank is a technology-enabled bank providing cloud-based banking and payment solutions. The company is committed to delivering reliable, scalable financial services with high standards of financial control, governance and regulatory compliance.