Business Unit: Finance
Salary range: up to £71,000  per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Hybrid (Glasgow / Gosforth, once per quarter at least)
Contract Type: 2x Permanent & 1 fixed term opportunity (up to circa 12months)

Be the voice we need. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

You’ll be part of a team who provide innovative and insightful value and challenge to the business to drive future strategy and deliver against objectives and commitments.  The role is dynamic, varied and focussed on providing the support to enable the business to deliver on strategy. Ideally, we are seeking candidates with fantastic analytical skills and Finance experience that are looking to progress their career to the next level.

What you’ll be doing

• Applying your financial experience and acumen to analyse monthly results, understand drivers, challenge business performance and assist with the planning and forecasting process to help inform the strategic business plans.  
• Delivering best-in-class partnering service for the business – to understand and drive business performance, to support the realisation of objectives and commitments.
• Maintaining and enhancing processes, providing recommendations on what technical development and innovation can be made, to drive an efficient and flexible function which can react quickly to changing circumstances while ensuring appropriate controls are in place
• Building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues across the business to achieve an aligned and cohesive approach to how the financial costs performance is communicated effectively to a wide range of stakeholders. 
• KPI tracking
• Working with senior leaders within the organisation to support organisational goals,  facilitate integration, help streamline workflow and relieve leadership stress.
• Ensuring costings are accurate and within agreed timescales
• Leading robust departmental budgeting process with a constructive, challenging mindset.

We need you to have

• Substantial and recent experience within a similar Finance role, & industry knowledge.
• Superb stakeholder management with the ability to influence and to resolve any conflicts effectively.
• Demonstrable strong analysis & reporting skills to pull together complex data (KPIs) and act on that data accordingly.
• Proven strong business acumen with the ability to manage risks to function efficiently.
• ACCA / CIMA qualified or equivalent financial experience 
• Track record of combining strategic business approach whist managing multiple tasks/projects.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Previously managed colleagues or a team.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we’re a workforce to be reckoned with, and we're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer-obsessed and work tirelessly to deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ This means we're able to do banking differently, and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference by creating memorable moments and red-hot experiences for our millions of customers. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. 

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.   

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

It’s important to note that there may be occasions where it’s not possible to interview all candidates declaring a disability who meet the essential criteria for the job. In certain recruitment situations such as receiving a high-volume of applications, we may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. 

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.