Finance Assistant Manager - Retail Finance Risk & Control - 12 month FTC

Key Details

JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant Manager – Retail Finance Risk and Control – 12 month FTC

SALARY: As per range

LOCATION: Halifax, Trinity Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: Bristol Harbourside, Leeds Wellington Place

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

Do you enjoy understanding how processes work, asking questions and helping teams manage risk well?

Join our Retail Finance Risk & Control team for this 12 month Fixed Term Contract and play an important role in maintaining a strong financial control environment during a period of significant change.

Working across Finance, Risk, Controls and Audit, you'll gain valuable exposure to products, processes and transformation activity while building expertise in risk, controls and governance.

What you’ll be doing:

Support the Senior Manager by owning tasks that help maintain strong controls and deliver the annual assurance programme:

• Keep key control documents up to date (such as end-to-end process flows).

• Review profit and loss and balance sheet movements to help resolve SOX scoping questions.

• Track changes to SOX controls from one year to the next.

• Keep the SOX system up to date when controls, processes or owners change.

• Prepare clear progress updates on SOX activity, issues and actions for stakeholders and auditors.

• Keep operational resilience plans and information up to date, including business continuity and data storage.

• Prepare clear updates for senior governance forums on SOX progress, control effectiveness, risks and decisions needed.

• Track business changes and assess how they may affect existing controls.

• Build strong relationships across Finance, business, Platform, Chief Controls Office and audit teams.

• Promote a strong risk culture by being curious, proactive and practical.

Why join us?

We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for:

• 12 months plus experience in Finance, Risk, Controls or Audit, with proven ability to apply risk and control principles in day-to-day decision-making.

• 12 months plus experience in explaining complex risk and control topics in a simple way and proficiency in communicating at different levels.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to build trusted relationships across difference teams.

• Experience managing multiple priorities and delivering accurate, high-quality work in a structured environment.

• Curiosity and confidence in asking questions with a pro-active in approach, ability to challenge constructively, influence outcomes and move actions forward.

And any of these would be great:

• Experience in financial services.

• Experience of SOX, financial reporting controls, risk governance or control frameworks.

• A relevant qualification or experience in accounting, audit, risk management or controls.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.