At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead initiatives to simplify and improve business processes in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a dynamic team within a leading financial services organisation.
- Benefits: Flexible working options, career development opportunities, and a supportive culture.
- Other info: Collaborate with stakeholders to drive meaningful change and operational excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on commercial management while enhancing your skills and network.
- Qualifications: Recognised accounting qualification and experience in financial services required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join us as an Assurance & Simplification Lead. Step into a critical role within a newly formed Chief Operating Office team, shaping the commercial direction of Digital X and leading initiatives that transform and simplify our business processes. You’ll drive improvements in efficiency and effectiveness by leading change activity and influencing executive and senior stakeholders across your business area. Join a supportive, fast‑paced environment where you’ll build a strong stakeholder network and develop your career while making a visible and lasting impact. You’ll work from home some of the time, while also spending at least two days a week in our London, Edinburgh or Manchester office.
What you’ll do:
- As our Assurance & Simplification Lead, you’ll play a key role in strengthening and simplifying the bank’s approach to commercial management and cost planning across the technology function.
- You’ll make sure processes, controls and tools underpinning commercial and financial planning are efficient, consistent and compliant, while maintaining high standards of data quality and transparency.
- You’ll drive simplification across commercial workflows, removing duplication, rationalising tooling and making sure cost and commercial information is accurate, reliable and fit for decision making.
- You’ll also take a proactive approach to reviewing and enhancing processes, so they remain current, compliant and designed with the end user in mind.
Your work will focus on:
- Providing subject matter expertise on technologies and processes to improve quality, customer outcomes and cost performance.
- Driving improvements across finance, people and supplier processes, working closely with SMEs in Supply Chain, People and Finance to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
- Leading the diagnosis, design and implementation of process improvements, supporting both local and end‑to‑end optimisation.
- Diagnosing complex issues and translating them into clear, actionable solutions that deliver measurable business value.
- Working closely with business partners to deliver local, tactical improvements that contribute to wider transformation goals.
The skills you’ll need:
- To succeed in this role, you’ll hold a recognised accounting qualification, supported by relevant experience operating at management level.
- You’ll bring a strong working knowledge of financial and commercial processes, with the ability to understand how these operate across a large organisation.
- You’ll also have experience within financial services, giving you an understanding of the regulatory environment and how governance, controls and commercial considerations come together in a banking context.
- You’ll also demonstrate expertise in process assurance, internal controls or audit‑aligned disciplines.
- Proven experience simplifying processes, rationalising tooling and delivering operational excellence initiatives.
- A strong understanding of technology cost models, vendor spend structures and financial planning cycles.
Assurance & Simplification Lead employer: NatWest Group
As an Assurance & Simplification Lead, you will thrive in a dynamic and supportive environment that prioritises employee growth and development. With the flexibility of remote work combined with collaborative office days in vibrant cities like London, Edinburgh, or Manchester, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact while building a robust professional network. Our commitment to efficiency and innovation ensures that you will be at the forefront of transformative initiatives, all while enjoying a culture that values transparency and excellence.
