Business Controller recruitment
UK Corporate Banking serves UK corporate and commercial customers from SMEs to UK based multi nationals, providing them with everyday banking, innovative products and services, and specialist help. We work together with our customers to achieve their financial goals with local and sector expertise and access to the right products across the UK. By applying our product capabilities and intellectual capital, we have built strong relationships with many leading businesses and institutions.
The Corporate Banking (CB) Finance team, headed by Chief Financial Officer (CFO), is responsible for working with the business delivering financial leadership, control, commercial insight and advice. Our finance community is located in several countries around the world, supporting UK and Global businesses. There are some 270 staff directly employed in CB Finance and a further large number providing support from finance shared service functions elsewhere in the RBS Group.
As Business Controller, you'll report directly into the Head of Reporting Controls, and have primary responsibility for reviewing and challenging the monthly / quarterly control sign-off processes across Finance (including assisting with Corporate Banking divisional consolidation). You'll be expected to carry out a programme of rolling detailed reviews on risk assessments, encourage adherence to Group policy framework and support senior management in the preparation of Q8 Accountants Certificate and CEC Certificate. In additional you'll be responsible for the SOX 404 process.
Ideally, as Business Controller, you'll have experience working in a reporting controls team, preferably within a finance, operational risk and / or internal audit function. Additionally, it would be advantageous if you were a qualified accountant with a relevant degree. Exposure to regulators and auditors (internal and external) and a good working knowledge of IFRS / US GAAP would also be beneficial. As would previous banking experience, and knowledge of internal control frameworks, including SOX 404.
In return, we offer an excellent employee salary and 30% cash and benefit funding programme which can be tailored to suit your individual needs. In addition to financial benefits, we offer a wide selection of exclusive lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your own work-life priorities.
Please note as part of our referencing process credit checks will be undertaken.
If you'd like to discuss this role in confidence please contact Clive Nagle on 020 7877 9069.