Finance Lead (General Ledger)

Role Purpose

• The job holder will manage month-close process for UK entities. He/she will direct and control financial management & reporting for the regional entities in accordance with statutory requirements, corporate policies and procedures
• The job holder will contribute to the delivery of management and external reporting, in respect of statutory accounts, regulatory accounts and other external outputs, as well as the provision of technical financial accounting advice and guidance
• The job holder will report into the Senior Manager / Controller for UK Region.

Key Accountabilities:

• Maintenance of general ledger and sub-ledgers detail for accounts such as fixed assets, prepayments, intangibles, accruals, Stock & Inter-company
• Prepare GL allocations, journal entries and period end adjustments (e.g. accruals, currency conversions, etc.)
• Prepare management and regulatory reports
• Completion of relevant month-end & year end activities including P&L review meeting and HFM loading
• Compliance with Group attestation processes and Quarterly MI & Stats Packs
• Prepare and sign-off relevant regulatory reports
• Respond to external & internal audit queries
• Responsible for investigating, resolving and escalating any variances in the balance sheet reconciliations
  
• Assure timely clearance of queries from business owners and customers.
• Prepare month and reconciliations in accordance with policy.
• Manage reconciliation of POS and online transactions impacting both bank and control accounts.
• Participate in team meetings
• Examining variances via reconciliation system or Oracle or Blackline
• Manual matching (including automatic allocation)

Experience and Skillsets required:

• Qualified CAs with 4 to 5 years of good experience of accounting and reconciliations
• Able to demonstrate proven experience at this level within a similar financial environment
• Ability to communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of financial services/banking with an understanding of basic bookkeeping
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Ability to maintain accuracy - key when confirming incoming value

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  High attention to detail
• Ability to resolve issues to conclusion
• Demonstrable experience of resolving variances

Personal Attributes:

Relationship management:

• Develop sound professional working relationships with Finance shared services teams
• Be a core participant at weekly operational and monthly SLA meetings

Communication

• Responsible for pro-active and regular communication with other areas of Finance whose work impacts, or depends upon, the GL & Reporting team
• Writes and speaks fluently on all aspects of work and communicates effectively with all levels of management
• Proactive provide feedback and deliver ideas to develop and improve solutions relating to Travelex, in particular those within the GL & Reporting teams
• Ensure feedback to line manager outlining general activities of role and the status