Consolidation Control Manager

Business Unit: Group Finance

💰: up to circa £59,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits🔥🎁

📍: UK flexible

📑: Permanent

Our team❤️

We have a fantastic opportunity within the Consolidation & Control team, which sits within our Financial Control function and is responsible for the production of the Virgin Money UK Group’s consolidated financial reporting and reporting to our parent, Nationwide. Our team makes sure that the financial month end process runs smoothly and is crucial in delivering accurate and reliable financial results to key internal and external stakeholders. If numbers and control are your thing, and you share our passion to make banking better, then this could be the role for you. We're looking for genuine self-managing professionals here - people who understand what might be possible.

What you’ll be doing😎

• Responsible for the completion and submission of the balance sheet certifications monthly and onward submission to NBS
• Assisting with building out the balance sheet control framework to embed and oversee an effective financial control framework across the VMUK Group
• Working alongside the Balance Sheet control manager to implement journals processing and backup improvements to ensure journal backup stands up to audit scrutiny
• Participation in ad hoc projects as required
• Collaborating with a range of stakeholders across the financial landscape to drive continuous process improvements
• Responsible for the financial consolidation activity within the Group ensuring transactions are eliminated at the appropriate levels in the Group structure.
• Produce relevant financial data, such as subsidiary control files, as required by line management to enable effective management of the business/decision making.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operation of financial controls ensuring effective recording and control of all financial transactions within team. Awareness of financial controls applicable across Finance and willingness to question through appropriate channels.

We need you to have🌟

• Part qualified or working towards accounting qualification
• An understanding in month end reporting
• Experience in a continuous process improvement environment
• Advanced Excel skills and Microsoft
• Demonstrable effective verbal and written communication skills
• A proven track record of effective stakeholder management and influencing capability
• The initiative and drive for consistently achieving goals and delivering on expectations
• A natural curiosity and drive to know more. Also be hardworking, with a real eye for detail.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential🧁

• Understanding of existing Finance processes
• High level knowledge of the VMUK PLC organisation to develop and build value from key stakeholder relationships
• Good working knowledge of the Bank’s financial systems including FCCS, Oracle and Microsoft packages.

Red Hot Rewards🎁

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you🤝.

⏰Applications Close: 4 May 2025 (4.00pm BST)