Grow with UTB

This is a hybrid role – 3 days in the office (City of London location) and 2 days working from home.

Role Purpose: 

Supporting the Finance Department’s digital strategy by supporting systems, data, and related controls, while serving as a representative for the Finance Department on Bank-wide projects.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide support to the finance team in maintaining systems, data, and procedures to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Maintenance & ownership of system reconciliations.
• Maintenance and ownership of daily issues tracking communications and resolution.
• Support testing activities on Finance projects, including assisting with user acceptance testing for new systems, processes, and updates affecting finance operations.
• Assist with system queries, escalate complex issues where necessary, support data quality checks, maintain system records, and perform quality assurance and routine testing.
• Contribute to operational risk management by maintaining the Finance Department risk register and supporting risk reviews.
• Participate in ad hoc tasks or projects as assigned by the Finance Systems Analyst or management.
• Assisting with bank-wide small change, impact and risk analysis and testing.
• Attending small change working group meetings.
• Keep informed of changing business operations and system developments across the Bank.
• Assist with finance system developments and version updates, ensuring accurate and current documentation of changes.
• Assisting with quarterly system updates, testing and communication.

Skills and Experience sought:

• Finance or accounting experience.
• Technology experience & interest (such as SQL, Alteryx, data analysis tools etc.)
• Experience in systems, finance reporting or data roles would be beneficial.
• Some programming experience and experience in data extraction, manipulation, and visualisation.
• MS Excel experience.
• Basic understanding of systems and data, with a willingness to learn and develop further knowledge.
• Supportive approach to implementing changes and assisting with incremental improvements.
• Strong organisational skills to assist in planning, prioritising, and completing assigned tasks within deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and support the wider finance team.
• Attention to detail to maintain data integrity.

UTB is a dynamic and expanding specialist bank that provides solutions to our customers and brokers, which help them achieve their ambitions. Recognised as being one of the most dependable and well-respected Specialist Banks in the UK, we were delighted to see our balance sheet exceed the £2bn mark in 2022.

Exceptional customer service and the ability to provide rewarding deposits accounts and flexible lending solutions have helped us to develop productive and enduring relationships with our customers. We understand that their success is our success and that the quality of our people and teams, is key to delivering special outcomes for them.

We also understand that the performance of our people is directly linked to the culture in which they work. There is a strong sense of community at UTB and as well as promoting a clear set of internal values, and providing a wealth of facilities for training, personal development, and team building, we run a busy and varied calendar of engagement and social activity. Typical recent examples include: Pizza Lunch Days and Coffee Catch-ups; London Marathon and Sahara Challenge Sponsorships; Success Sharing and Value Awards; and Awesome Autumn social events ranging from Theatre Trips, Cocktail Mixology, and Cookery Classes, to Go-karting, Mini Golf and Clay pigeon shooting.

• competitive salary and bonus package
• matched pension contributions up to 7%
• 26 days annual leave plus two wellbeing days and opportunity to purchase additional holiday
• flexible and hybrid working
• private medical insurance via Vitality
• life, income protection and critical illness insurance
• enhanced family leave pay
• extensive learning and personal development opportunities
• electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme
• season ticket loan
• wellbeing support – discounted gym membership, employee assistance programme, 24/7 private GP access for staff and their immediate family (online), 1:1 key life stage coaching

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