Finance and Control Analyst

A growing financial services business is looking to appoint a Finance and Control Analyst to join its UK team.

This is a hands-on, varied role covering cash management, funding, financial controls and investor reporting. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the UK and overseas, gaining broad exposure to the financial operations of a growing lending business.

Key Responsibilities

• Calculate funding drawdowns, capital calls and investor distributions, ensuring funds are available when required.
• Monitor cash positions, funding facilities and liquidity requirements.
• Reconcile bank accounts and investigate discrepancies or unexpected payments.
• Manage broker commissions, fees, supplier invoices and expense claims.
• Support lending transactions through payment checks and funding validations.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reporting covering portfolio performance, balances, cash flows and pipeline activity.
• Support the preparation and validation of loan data and external funding reports.
• Reconcile data across different systems to ensure accurate and complete reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve efficiency.

Experience and Skills

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with an interest in working with financial data.
• Confident Excel skills, including formulas, lookups and pivot tables.
• A degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in finance, treasury, operations or reporting, ideally within lending, banking, mortgages or asset management.
• A proactive approach, with the ability to understand processes, investigate issues and identify improvements.
• Experience with SQL or other data and reporting tools would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of mortgage lending, funding facilities, capital calls or investor reporting would be advantageous.

What’s on Offer

• A varied role with meaningful responsibility from day one.
• The opportunity to contribute to the development of a growing finance and control function.
• Broad exposure to treasury, funding, finance, operations and investor reporting.
• The chance to work within a close-knit UK team, supported by an established international financial services group.
• Opportunities to develop your finance, data and reporting skills as the business grows.