Regulatory Reporting Accountant

Job description
We have been awarded the “Most Loved Workplace”! At Metro Bank, people come first – our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.

What You Will Do
• Submitting Liquidity, FINREP and COREP returns in an accurate and timely manner;
• Managing returns including, credit risk, leverage ratio, LCR ratio, NSFR and Finrep requirements
• Developing reconciliation processes and sign-off procedures for major returns;
• Enhancing cross-validations and efficiencies in reporting procedures;
• Integrating new returns into existing regulatory data;
• Assisting in automating existing reports into 3rd party software, e.g. Moody’s.

And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the ability to call out any concerns.

What You Will Need
• Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders
• Previously held a Regulatory Reporting role within a financial services organisation
• Strong experience producing Liquidity Returns, FINREP, COREP
• Excellent stakeholder collaboration skills, combined with proactive behaviours and attention to detail
• Analytical skills to reconcile data, produce and explain reports to leaders across the Bank
• Understand the difference in approach in relation to the calculation of RWA’s
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Our promise to you…
• We believe in “one in, one up” at Metro Bank, growing our own and promoting from within. That is why we are looking for YOU! An AMAZEING colleague to move into this FANtastic new role!
• We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!
• We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).
• We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck!