Senior Group Finance Manager

Benefits of working at Together26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidaysFree access to company holiday homesBuy & sell holidaysDiscretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward BonusMatched pension contributionHealth cash plan plus Private medical insuranceLife assurance and Critical illness coverTravel season ticket loans and Ride to work schemeFree local gym accessLocal bar / restaurant discounts–––––––––––––Company Description We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.  As a Senior Group Finance Manager you will play a pivotal role leading the Financial Control team, which is currently made up of 8 people who are a mix of qualified and training accountants. The team is responsible for the accurate and timely production of P&L and B/S month end reporting, including assistance with the production of complex financial disclosure notes and control schedules. You will play a significant role in the oversight of the above ensuring that all information produced is done so in line with the Financial Control Framework that the role holder will also have responsible for.Further to this, a key part of the role is providing technical support to the team for complex areas of accounting that includes the Group’s interest rate swap portfolio, its expected credit losses (ECL) and also it’s special purpose funding vehicles. While prior knowledge in any of these specific areas would be an advantage, it is not a requirement. Experience with complex areas of accounting is however fundamental to ensure the role holder can get up to speed quickly.Stakeholder management is key and the role holder will be responsible for developing and nurturing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including within Group Finance, and other teams across the business. These relationships will help with the role holder’s responsibility for playing a key part in shaping the future of Financial Control team beyond just smaller day to day process improvements.The role requires a high level of technical knowledge, as well as the ability to refer to accounting standards to seek answers and reference in documentation. As a Senior Group Finance Manager we are looking for someone to: Lead the Financial Control Team responsible for preparation of accurate Month End Reporting for the Group and its subsidiariesEnsure accuracy of the preparation of detailed balance sheet analyses and accompanying MIBe responsible for the provis...