Requirements

Reporting to the Central Statutory Reporting Manager the purpose of this role is to manage the delivery and production of the Ulster Bank Group statutory accounts, Ulster Bank subsidiary company accounts and Retail subsidiary company accounts, ensuring adherence to Group timetables and compliance to financial reporting standards and principles.

Specifically the role calls for the individual to:
 

• Take responsibility for keeping abreast of accounting developments to ensure that the quality and integrity of the accounts is maintained and Statutory Reporting compliance is achieved by understanding International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Consolidated Accounts.
• Establish and sustain strong relationships with a number of key stakeholders including the business, finance delivery, Group Tax, Group Secretariat and the auditors and to develop an understanding of the purpose of each legal entity and its business activity to facilitate review and challenge of the numbers being reported in the statutory accounts.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production and delivery of accurate Group and Subsidiary accounts in line with Group deadlines and regulatory reporting frameworks, ensuring the integrity of the accounts and supported by comprehensive and complete audit files and supporting documentation.
• Review and challenge the numbers and disclosures being reported in the statutory accounts to ensure the accounts are produced to the highest standards are full compliance to all reporting standards etc is achieved.
• Manage the production and delivery of regulatory and statutory reporting to Group such as supplementary data packs (SDPS), manual returns and any other required reporting per agreed timescales.
• Ensure the integrity of the data being reported both internally and externally and work with finance colleagues in the business to develop an understanding of the business to ensure that commercial performance of the Retail and Ulster business is accurately portrayed in the Group and subsidiary accounts.
• Ad-hoc and project activities in line with specified requirements and agreed timescales.
• Deliver objectives through motivation and development of a small team of direct reports.

The Individual
 

Experience:

• Professional accounting qualification and post qualifying experience or part qualified/time served with demonstrable experience in a finance environment.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines with a high quality output.
• Experience of working and building strong business relationships in a changing and fast moving environment.
• Experience of influencing at managerial level and maintaining ongoing relationships with customers.
• Statutory and consolidated accounts experience would be an advantage.
• Previous statutory accounts experience essential.

Other Significant Role Requirements:

• Ability to review and challenge
• Achieving success across functional boundaries