Financial Controller

The Role

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is looking for an experienced individual to join its busy finance department. In this challenging and varied role, you will be responsible for the preparation of the Society’s financial plans and managing the monthly and quarterly accounting close process. It is a great opportunity for a candidate who is looking to step up, increase the breadth of their experience.

The main responsibilities of the Financial Controller will include:

• Managing the monthly and quarterly accounting close process, ensuring that all transactions are accurately accounted for, and accounts are reconciled in a timely manner.
• Managing the financial year-end including the preparation of statutory accounts and external audit.
• The preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual management information, and regulatory returns. 
• The preparation of the Society’s financial plans and stress tests, including budgets and forecasts.
• Maintaining and managing updates to Finance Information Systems.
• Supporting the Society’s Finance Transformation programme.
• Line management and on-going professional development of 3 members of the Finance team.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• Previous experience in accounting in Financial Services (essential)
• Supervisory experience (desirable)
• Audit experience (desirable)
• Strong technical abilities
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate and liaise well at all levels across the Society.
• A team player with a strong work ethic, willing and able to support a wider team effort when required.
• Strong IT Skills (Microsoft Office).

The Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Holiday Entitlement
  • Up to 25 days holiday 
• Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Group Personal Pension plan with employer contributions of up to 10% of annual salary
• Healthcare 
  • BUPA Health Cash Plan 
• Training and Development 
• Staff Recognition Awards

About Us

Buckinghamshire Building Society was founded in 1907 with a simple purpose to provide a safe home for people's money and to help people achieve the dream of home ownership.  That same purpose lives on today through the Bucks’ vision to be the best small building society, endorsed by a thriving membership locally and nationally, committed to helping members achieve financial security and home ownership.

Our “Sustainably Strong | Member Centred | Community Rooted" strategy guides our activities which centre on providing a unique mortgage and savings proposition.  We have a particularly strong association with areas such as parental/family support for first time buyers, shared ownership, self-build, and retirement lending, and provide an award-winning mortgage service through responsiveness, reliability and individually assessed underwriting.  We distribute mortgages mainly through intermediaries and have a diversified lending portfolio across England and Wales. 

Our savings range has similar breadth and reach, albeit with a greater concentration in the local area.  As the only building society headquartered in Buckinghamshire, we are proud of our lasting work with partners and charities, and we are committed to driving purpose-aligned benefits to the local community.  Most of all, we strive to offer our members an outstanding level of customer service, and continue to invest in our people, prioritising engagement, development, and well-being to make the Bucks an exceptional place to work.

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to actively promoting diversity and inclusion.