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Deputy Finance Director
The Role
At OakNorth, we’re on a mission to empower the UK’s most ambitious businesses. Since 2015, we’ve lent over $21 billion across the UK and US, helped create more than 58,000 new homes and 36,000 new jobs, and supported hundreds of thousands of personal savers — all while fuelling the UK economy.
This senior leadership role will act as the functional lead for OakNorth Group’s 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
- Governance of the regulatory reporting framework
The individual will:
- Manage day-to-day financial control processes
- Lead and develop finance teams in India
- 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
- Governance requirements
- Oversee group tax operations across:
- UK
- US
- India
- Manage external advisors and ensure timely submissions
- Support:
- Transfer pricing
- Intercompany arrangements
- Tax optimisation initiatives
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Regulatory Reporting
- Provide senior oversight of:
- PRA returns
- FCA returns
- BoE returns
- Pillar 3 disclosures
- Act as escalation point for:
- Technical/regulatory matters
- 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
- Control testing
- Drive consistency in:
- Policies
- Reconciliations
- Governance standards across the group
Leadership & Collaboration
- Functionally lead and mentor finance controllership teams in India, ensuring alignment of:
- Objectives
- Processes
- 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
- Legal teams
- Deliver aligned outputs and support business-wide priorities
Transformation & Strategic Initiatives
- Lead strategic finance projects, including:
- Capital optimisation
- Process improvements
- Drive adoption of:
- Automation
- AI
- System upgrades
- Enhance efficiency, controls, and readiness for new products or services
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What We Are Looking For
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with 10+ years’ post-qualified experience
- Strong background in:
- IFRS reporting
- Tax compliance
- Financial controls within financial services or banking
- Knowledge of US GAAP is an advantage
- Proven track record in managing:
- Close processes
- Statutory filings
- Regulatory interactions
- Experience working across geographies and with senior stakeholders
- Hands-on leader with:
- Strong technical expertise
- Delivery focus
- Confident communicator, able to engage effectively with:
- Senior stakeholders
- Advisors
- Regulators
- Organised, proactive, and resilient in a fast-paced, regulated environment
- Collaborative and capable of developing high-performing teams
Benefits and Perks
- 25 days holiday
- Personalised 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
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