Santander Bank

Senior Manager | Technical Accounting | S4 | CFO | Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Accounting Senior Manager to join us within the CFO Division. The Technical Accounting team is responsible for all technical accounting matters for Santander businesses in the UK.

Reporting into the Head of Group Accounting, you will manage the Technical Accounting team of 2 to ensure that they perform and provide a consistent service, and you’ll take the lead on accounting developments in IFRS, assessing their impact on all Santander businesses in the UK and communicating this to all relevant stakeholders. This includes liaising with other areas of Finance on all technical accounting aspects of IFRS implementations.

As a critical link, you’ll be providing advice to all Santander businesses in the UK in respect of products, services and corporate transactions. You’ll also provide technical input and support in connection with the preparation of the relevant annual, half-yearly and quarterly financial reports for Santander UK Group Holdings plc and Santander UK plc.

The difference you’ll make:

• Monitoring developments in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (both IFRS as issued by the IASB and UK-adopted International Accounting Standards) and assessing their impact on all Santander businesses in the UK, completing quarterly summaries of IFRS developments (including the IFRS roadmap), and communicating developments to CFO Division leadership and to others through quarterly newsletters
• Developing new accounting policies and disclosures as a result of new IFRS requirements in conjunction with key stakeholders throughout the business and across the CFO Division
• Acting as a source of IFRS expertise within the CFO Division and providing advice on, and making recommendations for, the accounting treatment of queries, new products or undertakings as raised by other areas of the division and other business stakeholders
• Developing solutions to address accounting and disclosure hot topics from UK, US, Spanish and European regulators and advisors
• Ensuring that the Sarbanes Oxley controls over application of IFRS accounting policies operate effectively

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive IFRS technical accounting experience, including practical exposure to IFRS both in terms of preparation/presentation of complex statutory accounts and technical interpretations
• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with experience of working within the UK public company reporting environment
• People management skills
• 5+ years experience with a top accounting firm

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Experience of financial services and/or SEC requirements are desirable, but not essential
• Ability to communicate efficiently with key stakeholders up to board level

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Milton Keynes

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you:

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year.
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk.