Financial Accountants recruitment

The Central Statutory Reporting team is responsible for the annual financial statements for over 200 subsidiaries across the RBS Group. The role holders will be required to establish and maintain strong working relationships with a number of key stakeholders (Decision Support, Group Tax, Group Secretariat, Financial Control the Auditors) to develop a sound of each legal entity and its business activities to facilitate progression of financial statements and any adhoc reporting from a legal entity view.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the subsidiary accounts are on time and in accordance with internal policy and external deadlines, effectively reporting progress and escalating any issues. You will examine subsidiary accounts produced by the team, reviewing the delivery channels and supporting that opportunities for improvements are identified and implemented into the team. Liaising with senior stakeholder meetings to review and obtain consensus that all the financial statements accurately reflect the business performance. 

For this role we require individuals to have a professional accounting qualification and experience working within a finance environment. You will need to have experience of working and building strong working relationships in a fast moving environment. Due to the nature of the role, we require you to have the ability to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality output. You will need to have had experience of influencing at senior level and maintaining ongoing relationships with customers.

With us, hard work adds up to more. Our rewards include a generous salary, the opportunity to participate in bonus schemes and receive discounted Group products. Plus we offer between up to 30% benefit funding that gives you the option of choosing your own mix of cash and benefits. We offer a range of career development opportunities across Global Finance Services UK and the wider RBS Group, both in the UK and world wide. All of which creates a truly flexible package that fits your changing needs and lifestyle.

Please note as part of our referencing process credit checks will be undertaken.