UK Finance Senior Associate - Fixed Term Contract

Discover Financial
Nottingham, London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Risk and controls mindset","Problem-solving","Communication","Organizational skills","Attention to detail"]

Support multiple Finance teams during a major ERP modernization program, focusing on project delivery, testing coverage, and process remediation. Own risk and control documentation and testing for updated control suites and risk artifacts, coordinate operational readiness improvements for go-live, and help ensure month-end close and reporting tasks continue smoothly during critical phases. Work within the Accounting team while partnering across Finance, including with offshore teams.

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Discover Financial
2 weeks ago

UK Finance Senior Associate - Fixed Term Contract

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Job Summary

Support multiple Finance teams during a major ERP modernization program, focusing on project delivery, testing coverage, and process remediation. Own risk and control documentation and testing for updated control suites and risk artifacts, coordinate operational readiness improvements for go-live, and help ensure month-end close and reporting tasks continue smoothly during critical phases. Work within the Accounting team while partnering across Finance, including with offshore teams.
Location: Nottingham, London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Coordinate and deliver testing coverage to ensure accuracy of financial workflows in the new ERP environment.
  • •Document and test the Finance team’s updated control suite and associated risk artifacts.
  • •Manage delivery of project-specific improvements and remediations to support operational readiness for go-live.
  • •Support Finance teams with month-end close and reporting tasks during critical project phases.
  • •Partner across Finance teams to ensure holistic project success during ERP conversion.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Background in Accounting processes and ability to quickly learn multiple finance systems, with Workday ERP experience highly desirable.
  • •Experience identifying financial risks and implementing or testing internal controls in a complex corporate environment.
  • •Experience delivering finance projects and operating effectively in ambiguity with dynamic problem-solving.
  • •Strong communication skills to manage conflicting deadlines with transparency.
  • •Ability to build relationships across the department and work independently or collaboratively, including with offshore teams.
Experience:ERP modernizationFinance projects
Skills:Risk and controls mindsetProblem-solvingCommunicationOrganizational skillsAttention to detail
Tech Stack:ERPWorkday ERP

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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