At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial reporting risk and collaborate with diverse teams to enhance governance frameworks.
- Company: Join a leading bank with a focus on compliance and risk management.
- Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, competitive salary, and opportunities for career advancement.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a blend of office and remote work, fostering professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in financial reporting while building valuable relationships across the organisation.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with experience in controls or risk management and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Join us as a Financial Reporting Risk Relationship Manager. This is an opportunity to work with a range of teams to effectively apply Financial Reporting methodology. You’ll be able to build and maintain a wide network of stakeholders of varying degrees of seniority. It’s a chance to have a tangible effect on our function, put your existing skills to the test, and advance your career. You'll attend the office in person a minimum of two days per week, with the rest of your time working from home.
What you'll do
- Under the guidance of the External Compliance Senior Manager, you’ll be helping to develop the Financial Reporting Risk SOX 404, regulatory, and SAO governance frameworks and strategy for the bank. This will include scoping, documentation, quality assurance over control testing, assessing issues, liaising with internal and external auditors, and working with colleagues and experts across the team.
- Responsible for oversight, review, and challenge ensuring adherence to the frameworks.
- Supporting the SAO certification process, including collating and reviewing certificates.
- Working with the team to prepare and provide regular consolidated reporting to the Financial Reporting Risk forums and other senior bodies.
- Developing and maintaining Financial Reporting processes, mechanisms, and systems.
- Working closely with management to identify synergies in reporting within the team, ensuring consistency and accuracy of reporting between SOX 404, regulatory, SAO, and Finance operational risk.
- Providing secretariat support for relevant Financial Reporting committees and forums.
The skills you'll need
- You’ll be a highly motivated and qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) joining our External Compliance team.
- Experience of working in a controls or risk management advisory role, and managing and delivering controls or risk management reporting.
- Good analytical skills with an aptitude to review and challenge both quantitative and qualitative matters, as well as the ability to work together with stakeholders to resolve issues.
- Knowledge of SOX 404 and SAO, and experience of working in the financial services sector.
- The ability to work on your own initiative.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly articulate issues.
- The ability to influence and negotiate across all areas and at senior levels.
- A proven ability to build and maintain relationships across a wide range of stakeholders.
Financial Reporting Risk Relationship Manager employer: NatWest Group
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