Senior Financial Controller

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Legal entity/Financial controller with a sound knowledge of non-financial risk governance, policies, processes, and control design of Corporate and Investment Banking as well as Wealth and Retail Banking entities for one of our Global Investment Banking Clients.

• Own and deliver the monthly financial close for CIB and WRB legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of reported results
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and adjustments, ensuring full substantiation and aged break resolution
• Provide expert guidance on the control implications of new accounting standards (e.g., US GAAP/IFRS), business process changes, or the implementation of new trading and accounting systems.
• Embed controls that support consistent customer outcomes across WRB products and journeys (onboarding, servicing, lending, wealth journeys, digital channels).
• Work on internal and external audit remediation points and provide evidence for findings
• Lead control attestations, issue identification, escalation, and remediation
• Provide variance analysis and financial commentary to senior management and Group Finance
• Coordination with the US and UK tax teams on local and foreign tax issues, VAT returns and submission of annual tax returns
• Work with Operations, Technology, Compliance, Operational Risk, and other control owners to implement enhancements and align risk ownership and accountability
• Act as a senior finance partner to Product Control, Front Office, Risk, Treasury, Group Finance, Tax and UK Regulatory Reporting
• Support internal audit, regulatory and external financial reporting processes and disclosures
• Proactively seeking to identify improvements to manual processes and management reporting information leading to higher value-added work

Skills Required

Minimum of 4 years of experience in Legal entity/financial controller roles.

• Strong understanding of investment banking operations, accounting standards and regulatory reporting frameworks
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge and understanding of IFRS/UK GAAP
• Practical knowledge of risk assessment, control design, control monitoring, issue management, and governance reporting
• Ability to prepare audited financial statements and management accounts
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights for stakeholders.
• Ability to investigate root cause, control misstatements with an eye for detail and follow escalation protocols for timely remediations
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-pressure banking environment.
• Ability to oversee offshore/junior team members, provide training, review and performance development