Management and Performance Measurement Accountant

Management and Performance Measurement Accountant

City of London

Banking & Financial ServicesPerformance measurement:

• Analyse financial performance from different management views and interpret and provide business reasons for the movements
• Responsibility for production of complete, accurate, insightful and timely reports at an individual BU and consolidated London Branch level
• Consolidate information into the required reporting format / structure
• Provide commentary on key business drivers, as well as capital utilization, in relation to the bank's risk return framework
• Engage with the business to understand drivers, performance and information required to support their BU
• Be alert for ways to enhance and improve processes around reporting
• Critically analyse and comment on costs, drawing out key insights on ratios, suppliers, variances and opportunities supported by the Cost Accountant
• Develop and report on operational metrics for individual BUs that highlight opportunities and gaps
• Develop dashboard reporting that is meaningful and easily replicable, for consumption by senior management

Budgeting and forecasting:

• Coordinate and consolidate the annual budgeting process, and the monthly forecast process
• Evaluate business performance between actuals, forecast and budgets from a revenue, cost and capital utilization perspective
• Explain deviations from forecast and budgets, all once-offs (unexpected income) and losses
• Projects, systems and other change initiatives
• Ad hoc projects and requests from both the Group as well as London Branch

Projects, systems and other change initiatives:

• Stakeholder relationship management and business partnership, producing solutions with buy-in from relevant stakeholders
• Quick quality responses to inform and satisfy stakeholders' needs and analysis requirements
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with group and all businesses
• Teamwork, self-management and alignment with group values
• Provide support to Business Partner Markets, and the ability to deputize where necessary
• Lead by example, displaying energy, integrity and business acumen
• Responsibilities fulfilled timeously
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Adherence to procedures and ethical standards
• Contributes to positive working environment and productive team