RWA Reporting and Analysis Manager - Fixed Term Contract in Edinburgh

Salary: £65,385 to £79,915 per annum plus an extensive benefits package.

Location: Edinburgh, Bristol or Cardiff.

Working Pattern: Full-time, hybrid – at least two days per week or 40% of time at an office site.

Role Summary: The RWA Reporting & Analysis team within Central Finance is responsible for calculating, reporting and providing valuable insight over the Group’s RWA and other regulatory capital information. This role offers a 12‑month FTC within the Capital Planning and Regulatory community, with technical support available to upskill if you have no prior regulatory experience.

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform accurate and timely calculation of Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR), Leverage and Settlement Risk exposures and RWAs – including the effective use of the Moody’s Ray calculator.
• Maintain a strong understanding of adjustment methodologies, ensuring accurate implementation within the RWA calculator and linking them to relevant internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Provide informed challenge where appropriate to ensure robustness and compliance.
• Produce and validate daily Leverage and monthly RWA and Leverage Returns across derivatives and SFT portfolios, ensuring compliance to rules and regulations.
• Analyse period‑on‑period movements, trends, identify anomalies, and provide business commentary.
• Deliver regulatory and internal reporting requirements.
• Support delivery of new products and strategic transactions.
• Maintain effective control frameworks to ensure robust outputs.

Technical Development & Automation:

• Build and maintain SQL/Python scripts for data extraction, transformation, and analysis to support Finance data transformation.
• Build and enhance Power BI dashboards to deliver intuitive and interactive MI to internal customers.
• Utilise Power Apps to improve MI, checks and analysis.
• Collaborate with IT specialists, core analysis team, and data leads to improve data quality and ensure data integrity.
• Find opportunities for automation and process improvement across reporting workflows.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work closely with Risk, Finance and business teams to understand reporting needs and deliver actionable insights.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership and business.
• Deliver internal and external audit and assurance reviews when required, ensuring all processes have clear documentation and data traceability.

Qualifications:

• Fully accredited finance qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, ICAS).
• Minimum 1 year of post‑qualified experience, preferably with experience applying and understanding RWA rules and calculations, including interpreting PRA frameworks (e.g., UK CRR/Basel 3.1, EMIR) across credit risk, securitisations and counterparty credit risk, or at least 1 year in accountancy or audit applying IFRS.
• Background experience in financial services or trained with a large accountancy practice is advantageous.
• Proficient in Excel for data manipulation, analysis and automation.
• Hands‑on experience with SQL and/or Python, or a clear enthusiasm for learning and building capability in these tools.
• Power BI skills for dashboard creation and MI delivery.
• Experience with SQL, data warehousing and ETL processes.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.