Finance Team Manager

Job Description

• You will manage, motivate and develop employees at all levels, in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement, to maximise the performance of the area.
• You will ensure Accounting Operations data, including the processing of daily box, is processed in accordance with documented procedures and controls, including the preparation and posting of journals to the accounting system as part of statutory financialor regulatory reporting period end close, in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
• You will ensure delivery of financial or box reconciliations, including the investigation and clearance of outstanding items, as per deadlines mandated in the Accounting Operations timetable, ensuring the reasons for reconciling items are clearly and conciselyexplained.
• You will lead the accurate and timely preparation of the monthly financial / management accounts, related revenue, balance sheet, tax or other regulatory returns in accordance with Accounting Operations timetables.
• You will m maintain and monitor robust financial controls in compliance with Group Standards, statutory and regulatory requirements and the risk and control framework, including liaison with Group Internal Audit and external auditors.
• You will ensure issues and errors found in Accounting Operations systems and processes, and opportunities for process improvement are identified and progressed through to execution.
• You will assist with the maintenance, development and integration of relevant systems and support the team with projects, in particular testing, as and when required.
• You will take responsibility to ensure that the needs of our customers internally and externally are met and are in line with Legal and General’s Customer Experience and Treating Customer’s Fairly Policy.

What youll be doing

• A qualified accountant, or qualified by acquired experience within a Finance environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including excel, word and PowerPoint.
• Detailed experience of working on a core accounting system and performing ledger postings and reconciliations.
• Experience of using, extracting and reporting data from accounting and other office-based administration systems.
• Experience of spreadsheet design and financial analysis.
• Experienced people manager able to demonstrate positive performance management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff throughout the business and prepared to lead meetings. The ability to listen to others and challenge to ensure understanding of their viewpoint.
• Attention to detail and able to work accurately to tight deadlines. Performs inbuilt reconciliations and can identify errors in outputs.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to review the work of others and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Able to lead a team and coordinate planning and prioritising of tasks.
• Proactively seeks solutions to problems and escalates concerns and challenges existing processes and suggest improvements.
• Clarifies objectives, aims and timescales to deliver the required outcome. Can prioritise workloads effectively and obtain relevant information to assist in decision-making.
• Builds and develops strong relationships with peers and within the Accounting Ops leadership team, as well as acting as a valued business partner to other parts of the business.