Deputy Finance Director
Deputy Finance Director
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04-09-2025
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Job Description
This senior leadership role will act as the functional lead for OakNorth Groups
core financial reporting tax compliance and oversight of regulatory reporting.
The role is accountable for the financial close statutory accounts tax
obligations across multiple jurisdictions and governance of the regulatory
reporting framework.
The individual will manage day-to-day financial control processes lead and
develop finance teams in India and partner closely with the Head of Finance &
Controls on strategic priorities. This is a hands-on leadership position
balancing operational excellence with contribution to key initiatives across the
group
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Control & Reporting
- Lead the monthly and annual close process for all group entities
- ensuring timely accurate IFRS-compliant reporting.
- Maintain strong ledger controls reconciliations and balance sheet
- integrity.
- Oversee preparation of statutory accounts and coordination of annual
- financial statements.
- Support delivery of external audits for bank and group entities.
- Taxation
- Lead UK tax compliance including corporation tax VAT and governance
- requirements.
- Oversee group tax operations across the UK US and India managing
- external advisors and ensuring timely submissions.
- Support transfer pricing intercompany arrangements and tax
- optimisation initiatives.
- Regulatory Reporting
- Provide senior oversight of PRA FCA BoE returns and Pillar 3
- disclosures.
- Act as escalation point for technical/regulatory matters and policy
- interpretation.
- Oversee improvements to regulatory reporting processes and systems
- ensuring integration with core finance operations.
- Governance & Controls
- Strengthen the financial control environment through targeted process
- improvements policy alignment and control testing.
- Drive consistency in policies reconciliations and governance standards
- across the group.
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Functionally lead and mentor finance controllership teams in India
- ensuring alignment of objectives processes and performance standards
- with UK operations.
- Act as the day-to-day lead for finance operations providing continuity for the Head of Finance & Controls.
- Partner with FP&A Treasury Regulatory and Legal teams to deliver
- aligned outputs and support business-wide priorities.
- Transformation & Strategic Initiatives
- Lead strategic finance projects capital optimisation and process
- improvements including adoption of automation AI and system
- upgrades to enhance efficiency controls and readiness for new products
- or services.
What we are looking for:
- Qualifications & Experience
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA ACCA or equivalent) with 10 years
- post-qualified experience.
- Strong background in IFRS reporting tax compliance and financial
- controls within financial services or banking; knowledge of US GAAP an
- advantage.
- Proven track record in managing close processes statutory filings and
- regulatory interactions.
- Experience working across geographies and with senior stakeholders.
- Skills & Attributes
- Hands-on leader with strong technical expertise and a delivery focus.
- Confident communicator able to engage effectively with senior
- stakeholders advisors and regulators.
- Organised proactive and resilient in a fast-paced regulated
- environment.
- Collaborative and capable of developing high-performing teams.
Benefits and Perks
- Equity. We want people to have a stake in the business so that all our interests are aligned.
- 25 days holiday
- Personalized benefits opt-in to what matters to you
- Subsidised Private Medical Insurance with Bupa
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Wellbeing and social events
- In-house Barista Bar in London office
- Support causes that matter to you Volunteering time off
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to work nursery gym electric car scheme)
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
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