Senior Financial Accounting Manager

Castle Trust Bank

Senior Financial Accounting Manager in charge of financial accounting oversight and reporting at Castle Trust Bank. Leading governance, technical accounting, and managing a team of finance professionals.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the preparation and integrity of financial statements and associated disclosures
Maintain and develop Group Accounting Policies and technical accounting interpretations
Analyse and interpret financial results to support senior stakeholders including FD, CFO and CEO
Support reporting to senior executives, stakeholders and Board committees
Oversee complex financial models including hedge accounting, effective interest rate and amortised cost calculations
Ensure robust governance, monitoring and ongoing enhancement of accounting models
Lead technical accounting updates and implementation of new reporting standards
Provide technical expertise across key accounting matters impacting the Bank
Manage Stage 3 individually assessed impairment models for defaulted property loans
Partner with Property and Finance leadership to ensure appropriate provisioning and governance
Support oversight and challenge of impairment methodologies and outcomes
Own the Finance control risk assessment framework
Facilitate key governance committees including Impairment & Evaluation Committee and Accounting Policy & Regulatory Reporting Committee
Design and implement controls to ensure accuracy in financial data and calculations
Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and processes
Lead the end-to-end audit process (year-end and interim)
Maintain and manage relationships with external auditors and advisors
Ensure timely resolution of audit findings and technical accounting matters
Lead, develop and mentor a team of qualified and part-qualified accountants
Provide clear direction, performance feedback and development support
Build a high-performing, collaborative and accountable finance team culture

Requirements

What you’ll need

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Significant experience in a Finance or Audit environment, ideally within financial services
Strong technical accounting expertise, particularly within banking
Proven experience managing financial reporting, audit processes and accounting governance
Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills
Experience within retail banking (Desirable)
Familiarity with finance systems and general ledger platforms (Desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Performance bonus (based on individual and company performance)
Generous contributory pension through Hargreaves Lansdown
Life Assurance
28 days’ holiday + option to buy/sell 5 days
Additional paid volunteering day
Private healthcare through BUPA
Free access to BHSF Rise EAP to support colleague health and wellbeing
Gym discounts
Season ticket travel loans (if applicable)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Financial Statement PreparationComplex Financial ModelingHedge AccountingImpairment Models ManagementAccounting GovernanceTechnical Accounting UpdatesRegulatory ReportingData Accuracy ControlsContinuous Improvement in Finance SystemsAudit Process Management

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsOrganizational SkillsLeadership SkillsCollaboration Skills

Certifications

ACAACCACIMA