Senior Finance Manager

Description:

HSBC Innovation Banking is the power behind the UK’s forward-thinkers, future-makers, and leap-takers, helping them ignite the bold ideas that reshape our world. We offer flexible banking solutions for start-ups, scale-ups, growth businesses, investors and those working towards IPO typically within the technology and life science sectors.

Whether it’s comprehensive banking, managing cashflow, plans for buyouts or Strategic Fund Solutions, we power ideas at every stage of their journey. From the first-time founders to the funds that back them, and everything in between. We're proud to accelerate growth for our clients, create meaningful connections and communities, and open a world of global opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors alike.

Here’s to never standing still. Come and join us!

The Role

At the heart of HSBC Innovation Banking Business finance, this role is critical in helping business set and achieve its strategic objectives. You’ll be helping the business understand its monthly performance, highlighting key trends, forecasting the P&L and understanding why a business is varying compared to its strategic objectives. You will also build a strong understanding of our business and key stakeholders to help support ad-hoc analysis requests to improve to provide insights and support improved business performance. Most importantly you use your understanding of financial performance, curiosity and strong business relationships to help manage Risks & Opportunities to the Financial Plan. This is a perfect opportunity for someone to play a pivotal role in an exciting and growing organization.

The Value You Will Add

Monthly Management reporting to support business line profitability reporting

Identification and management of Financial Risk and Opportunities across the entire P&L.

Building of monthly management MI packs including variance analysis and appropriate controls

Forecasting, budgeting and scenario analysis

Ad-hoc value driver analysis

Stakeholder management with key business contacts to help them understand performance

Building strong control environment to support the use of output across a variety of teams

You Will Need

Strong track record of financial and management reporting

Experience of budgets, forecasting and scenario analysis

Building strong control environments and structuring teams to minimise key person risk

Proven ability to interpret commercial drivers and identify risks, opportunities and sensitivities.

Evidenced experience of understanding/management of banking or financial services P&Ls and B/S

Advanced Microsoft Excel, data manipulation and reporting layer skills required for model development and executive level output and reporting

Finance qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)

Understanding of HSBC’s systems and processes advantageous.