Overview
In this Senior Finance role, you will own and evolve the Finance controls framework spanning financial, regulatory, tax, and management reporting. You will lead the bank’s SOx programme and ICFR framework, and drive the Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework within Finance. You’ll deliver insightful reporting to executive and board committees and lead a high-performing team of control, risk, and assurance specialists. You’ll shape strategy for Finance Controls and ensure a resilient, transparent control environment that supports the Group’s objectives.
Responsibilities
- Own and enhance the Finance controls framework across financial, regulatory, tax, and management reporting processes
- Lead the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) programme and ICFR framework for the bank
- Oversee Finance implementation of the Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework (EWRMF) and Material Controls/Provision 29
- Provide high-quality reporting and insight to the Executive Risk Committee, Group Audit Committee, CFO governance forums, and other senior committees
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of control, risk, and assurance specialists
- Drive a culture of accountability, transparency, and control excellence across Finance
- Ensure governance, oversight, and challenge of SOx scoping, control design, testing, deficiency assessment, and remediation
- Provide expert risk and regulatory guidance to Finance leadership and support board assessments
- Act as the primary Finance representative to Internal Audit, External Audit and Risk on control matters
- Define strategy, priorities, and capability requirements for the Finance Controls function
Key requirements
- Deep expertise in financial controls, risk management and governance within a large, complex financial services organization
- Significant experience with SOx 404 and COSO-based control frameworks
- Proven ability to interact with Executive Committees, Audit Committees, and Boards
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change
- Comprehensive knowledge of risk management frameworks and practical application of EWRMF
- Understanding of financial, regulatory, and management reporting processes
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent)
- Experience in regulatory engagement and assurance activities
- Experience leading large-scale control transformation, automation, or governance enhancement programmes
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- high influencing capability
- SOx 404
- COSO-based control frameworks
- EWRMF (Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework)
Head of Finance Central Control in London employer: NatWest Group
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