Overall Summary

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life. Join the Close Brothers Finance Team where you will be responsible for leading the financial aspects of customer remediation projects and will be supported by two direct reports and work with the wider Customer Resolutions teams.

Our ideal team member will have previous experience in ensuring accounting and audit requirements are met and managing significant cost budgets with excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial provision modelling requirements, engaging with senior stakeholders to review and refine outputs
• Own the relationship with audit and assurance parties, both internal and external, ensuring requirements are met
• Deliver and design redress calculations ensuring alignment with programme and regulatory requirements, which will vary depending on the remediation project.
• Ensure redress calculations are well documented with any assumptions clearly articulated
• With the support of the remediation programme, deliver relevant reporting requirements on customer payments, for both internal and external parties including the regulator
• Lead on the engagement with insurers to ensure financial information is made available for any potential claims
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the customer relations team, internal Motor teams, senior management and external stakeholder including auditors, assurance providers, legal teams and regulators
• Be responsible for the recruitment, selection, development, reward, talent and succession planning of the team

Developing Our People

As a line manager, you will be responsible for inspiring and motivating your team, as well as developing performance through coaching. You will encourage your team to take responsibility for their own personal development and provide support through regular feedback.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead, work under pressure and collaborate effectively
• Confident in working with senior stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; for example, looking at large amounts of data to identify trends
• The ability to translate large amounts of data into useful information and actionable items
• An ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Advanced MS Office packages, Excel and PowerPoint
• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA)

Preferred

• Experience of the Financial Services or Automotive sectors
• Remediation experience

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance and Sales

About Us

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working. Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.