Financial Reporting, Policy, and Technical Accounting VP - BPL

As a Financial Reporting, Policy & Technical Accounting VP, you’ll take responsibility for delivering high‑quality external financial reporting, including statutory and group accounts. You’ll play a key role in setting up and enhancing external reporting processes, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely, and fully compliant with applicable accounting standards. Working closely with the Risk team, you’ll ensure that financial reporting appropriately reflects the firm’s risk profile, with clear alignment between financial and risk disclosures.

You’ll be accountable for managing and developing accounting policies, acting as a technical expert on accounting matters, including debt & complex transactions and other judgemental areas. You’ll provide guidance and insight to stakeholders across the business, supporting the interpretation and application of accounting standards. This is a critical role where your technical expertise and ability to translate complex accounting issues into clear and practical solutions will underpin the integrity of the financial reporting processes.

To be successful as a Financial Reporting, Policy & Technical Accounting VP, you should be able to demonstrate:

• Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with experience in technical accounting and financial reporting
• Proven experience owning technical accounting processes, including multi‑entity statutory reporting within a complex organisation
• Fin Tech or EMI experience is desirable, with an understanding of electronic money regulations and reporting environments

To ensure the financial health and success of the company by the development and implementation of the overall financial strategy.

• Development of overall strategic direction for finance, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
• Management of the finance department, including oversight of finance colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Relationship management of finance stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and representation of the bank’s financial position and performance.
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations, in partnership with the transformation function.
• Management of finance risk, including identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s finance and compliance functions.
• Monitoring the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and oversight of the preparation and filing of financial reports with regulatory bodies and investors.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and exacerbate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team…