Your Career, Your Danske Bank……..You’re Danske Bank
Your role: Financial Reporting Manager (18 month fixed term contract - February start)
Why you’ll want to work with us:
At Danske Bank we’re driven by a clear purpose to help customers, colleagues and society thrive. We believe what we do genuinely makes a difference. That includes investing in our people, ensuring everyone feels that they belong and being there for the moments that matter.
Danske Bank recognises the power that comes with diversity of thought and perspective, it makes us stronger as a business and creates a true sense of belonging for our colleagues. To be the best we can be, we depend on diverse thinking, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds.
Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority for us. We’re proud to have achieved Platinum Level in the 2022 Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey and we’re working hard to help our customers go green.
We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. There are lots of ways you can get involved, such as fundraising for our charity partner, visiting schools to teach young people about money and budgeting, volunteering with a local food bank, planting trees, and so much more.
No wonder we are recognised by Best Companies as Northern Ireland’s number one best company to work for. So, if you share our values and enthusiasm and all of what we stand for resonates with you, then you will find a home at Danske Bank.
Your benefits:
There’s much more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary but for this role we are offering a competitive salary. We want to be a workplace in which our colleagues can succeed and feel empowered through all stages of their career and life. We also offer an attractive range of flexible benefits centred on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social.
What would a typical day look like for you?
This role is an excellent opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across Danske Bank’s Finance function, delivering accurate financial and regulatory reporting for the Bank, generating key MI to support our internal business partners and working closely with the Finance Leadership Team to deliver the Bank’s strategic priorities.
As a Financial Reporting Manager within Danske Bank’s Finance team, you will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of key financial functions, including the budgeting and forecasting process, developing Bank-focused financial insight and analysis and delivering the Bank’s statutory, regulatory and external reporting.
As a Financial Reporting Manager, the key fields of responsibility may include:
Financial reporting
* Working with the Financial Control team to maintain robust processes and ensure complete, accurate and timely financial information for the production of monthly and annual accounts;
* Oversight of certain key Balance Sheet accounts ensuring timely, complete and accurate reconciliations are performed;
* Preparation of certain disclosure notes in the Bank’s statutory annual report and financial statements;
* Interacting directly with External Auditors during both interim and year-end statutory external audit reviews;
* Assisting with the ongoing monitoring review and checking of all financial controls and processes.
Financial planning & performance management
* Developing and maintaining strong relationships across the organisation in order to serve and challenge the businesses strategic goals and priorities;
* Ensuring the business understands its financial drivers through clear professional financial advice;
* Delivering key strategic modelling projects to produce high quality management information and analytics;
* Co-ordinating financial planning, forecasting and target setting processes;
* Challenging the business to deliver its key financial targets and identify opportunities for growth and efficiencies.
Regulatory reporting
* Being responsible for the production of certain regulatory returns in a timely manner;
* Ensuring that the Bank meets the requirements of all assigned regulatory reporting standards and returns;
* Maintaining and updating your own professional expertise and knowledge;
* Assisting in responding to regulator queries regarding submitted returns.
Your Skills
* Experience working in an accountancy firm or within a finance function/team.
* A strong demonstrable experience of Excel and use of advanced functionality within Excel.
* Possess a strong business acumen and able to use analysis underpinned by financial information to drive improvements in business performance.
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the Bank.
How we work
Our belief is that we are “Better when Together” and want to balance the benefits of teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We will be supportive and flexible to your circumstances.
The expected start date for this role is mid-February 2025.
If this sounds good to you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply by uploading your CV ensuring you have included enough detail to clearly demonstrate how you meet our criteria.
If you have a disability, long term health condition or additional need that requires accommodation or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please advise us of this on your CV.
Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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