Senior Finance Analyst - Business Support

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Finance Analyst - Business Support

Location: Chester

Corporate Title: Vice President  

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

The Team:

• The GCIB finance team is a team of 20 based in 4 locations
• There will be interaction with the GCIB front office / broader CFO teams
• Knowledge of the GCIB product suite will be gained

Responsibilities:

This is a role within EMEA Line of Business Finance for Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB). We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our EMEA team based in Chester providing support to the GCIB line of business. The role will have visibility across multiple products within the GCIB product suite. Areas of focus will include:-

• Provide banking finance support to front office business partners
• Month-end close
• Management Information Reporting
• LOB and legal entity forecasting and involvement in local governance routines
• Provide assistance / information to the legal entity controllers and regulatory reporting teams on banking related queries
• Adhoc projects

What we are looking for:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent financial analytics experience
• Inquisitive mindset
• Ability to work across multiple groups and stakeholders within the business and CFO
• Control focussed with an excellent attention to detail

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.
• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.”

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.