Financial Control Analyst

Join us as a Financial Control Analyst Take on a new role and provide control of our financial ledger, with a focus on statutory accounts preparation and reporting We’ll look to you to prepare month-end, quarterly and annual accounting, including journal preparation, reviews and account reconciliation We offer a hybrid way of working where you’ll be based in our Manchester office at least two days a week, with the rest of your time working from home You’ll be joining a newly formed team of specialists and will begin your role in February 2025 What you'll do In this role, you’ll achieve control of our financial ledger through policy setting and control, risk and systems frameworks, leading to the delivery of the balance sheet and related externally disclosed statutory information. You’ll be responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of the financial reporting in compliance with our policies and guidelines. You’ll support all financial transactions to make sure they are appropriately recorded, substantiated and reconciled including the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. We’ll expect you to comply with relevant policies and consider the adequacy and effectiveness of our business controls on a regular basis. Through the course of your work, you’ll: Undertake reconciliations, accounting, MI and control activities to support substantiation and reporting Support change initiatives, process improvements and in-system implementations related to individual processes and applications Provide and support input into the end to end control and ownership of franchise and legal entity balance sheets for your business area Support systems testing such as user acceptance testing, and system or process improvement initiatives Provide resolution of finance user queries and daily activity support to finance teams The skills you'll need We’re looking for an individual who ideally has experience of or is willing to explore current and future finance technologies, including Oracle, Tableau or Python. You’ll have the ability to work to tight deadlines and manage deliverables effectively. Ideally, you’ll be working towards an accounting qualification. In addition, you’ll bring: The ability to make sound decisions to resolve problems An awareness of relevant policies and external legislation Experience of managing stakeholder relationships Experience of statutory accounts preparation and reporting