Financial Control Assistant

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity:

Business Financial Control is responsible for the accounting for all business units ensuring accuracy and integrity of the financial results. This role supports all business areas including Treasury, Savings, Mortgages, Asset Finance, Invoice Finance and Motonovo giving a breadth of involvement and exposure with a goal of creating a consistent approach and level of process and control across a variety of systems. The focus of Business Financial Control is on process and control improvements, collaborating across the organisation to drive the right outcomes.

The role of Financial Control Assistant is really important to us. It is a varied, interesting, and exciting role which will suit someone seeking to become an accountant looking to join a very progressive organisation. Your key responsibility is to conduct financial accounting, reporting and controllership of the asset business lines primarily, although you may be assisting with Treasury or Savings also. You will engage with all aspects of day to day and month end activities, and projects relating to Financial Control. A significant part of the role will be to assist in the development of processes and controls to drive enhancements in the control framework and efficiency.

What will your day look like?

• Reconciliation of control accounts with timely escalation of issues. Liaise with operational teams to resolve reconciliation issues as well as assisting the business as required.
• Reconciliation of general ledger to source system accounts
• Preparing technical accounting entries such as Effective Interest Rates or Expected Credit Losses.
• Peer review and challenge of accounting entries, technical papers, and management reports.
• Supporting period close activity, reviewing P&L and Balance Sheet positions to ensure accuracy and integrity.

What do we expect from you?

• Hardworking willing to get involved and support the team to delivering to a challenging timetable
• A strong view of appropriate controls and developing best practice
• Forward thinking, planning ahead to ensure delivery of the Business Financial Control team
• Curious willing to challenge the status quo and always being proactive in process change.
• Data aware with the ability to logically approach large volumes of data and use appropriate tools to utilise data to best achieve the business goals
• Excellent Excel skills would be beneficial
• Power BI, Power Query, SQL, Python and R experience all highly advantageous.
• Studying towards Accountancy Qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) – desirable

What can you expect from us?

• A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers. Hybrid working model – 2 days a week in the office
• A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
• A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
• And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential. 

Let us tell you a bit more about us

We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Still curious?

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.