NatWest Group

Financial Reporting Risk Relationship Manager

NatWest Group  •  Edinburgh, GB (Remote)  •  11 hours ago
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Job Description

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.

You’ll also be:

  • 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. You'll also need experience of working in a controls or risk management advisory role, and managing and delivering controls or risk management reporting. You’ll bring 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.

You’ll also need:

  • 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

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

18/08/2026Ways of Working:Hybrid

NatWest Group

About NatWest Group

We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate.

As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these.

Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence.

One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025.

We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Edinburgh, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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