Assistant Finance Manager

Assistant Finance Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Assistant Finance Manager to join a leading financial services business in Edinburgh on a FTC.

Purpose:

The successful candidate will join an established team and hold responsibility for a full range of month end financial control activities for specific areas of the business - running accounting models, raising accruals, reviewing actuals against forecasts, preparing reporting information with full reconciliation and substantiation of related balance sheet positions.

Core Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for financial control activities for several products or services - ensuring stakeholders fully engaged and that services meet their requirements efficiently and timeously.
• Month end review of journals and underlying workings prepared by Accounting Technicians
• Regular review and challenge of underlying models used to calculate postings to ledger
• Liaising with external audit and supporting end customers within the Bank including Decision Support, Reporting and business areas.
• Ensuring full compliance with appropriate Banking / business policies
• Balance sheet review and substantiation
• Review and challenge of process documentation
• Project support
• Develop, review & implement any process improvements.
• Substantiating balance sheet for any assigned account lines - reviewing related reconciliations.
• Line management - workload planning, providing direction, issuing resolution, personal development and performance management.

Desired Experience:

The successful candidate will ideally possess or be working towards a professional accounting qualification along with experience of month end accounting within a Finance Operations, Financial Control or similar environment.

Desirable experience includes;

• Preparation and review of monthly accounting journals
• Advanced Excel skills essential
• Knowledge of purpose and appropriateness of controls
• Preparation/Review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Good communication skills both verbal & presentation to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• Strong relationship management skills
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop finance staff

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward thinking business that will / can provide realistic scope for career progression.

Please apply below to register your interest, confirming salary expectations, alternatively please contact Chris Halliday on ************ to discuss in confidence

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