Banking Product Control Lead (Job Share)

NatWest; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Banking Product Control Lead to enhance leadership skills while managing a dedicated team. This role emphasizes the integrity of product control activities and supports financial reporting within tight deadlines. You will champion the potential of the business by ensuring compliance and leading your team in delivering high-quality finance data. With opportunities for professional growth, this position allows you to influence senior-level relationships and drive change in a dynamic environment. If you have a passion for finance and leadership, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in financial reporting and tight deadlines.
• Experience leading global finance teams and managing key financial deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver accurate product-level finance data for reporting.
• Ensure compliance with policies and manage month-end production activities.

Skills

Team Leadership

Financial Reporting

Relationship Management

Oracle Financial Applications

Data Management (Python, AWS, Tableau)

Change Management

Commercial Insight

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Oracle Financial Applications

Python

AWS

Tableau

Job description

Banking Product Control Lead (Job Share)

Join us as a Banking Product Control Lead

• Enhance your leadership skills by managing a team on the delivery of all relevant product control activities within Banking Product Control in the Finance Transaction Control function.
• Your daily responsibilities will include providing supporting information as required to customers at a senior level in Financial Control and other key finance areas.
• Thrive in a role where you can champion the potential of our business and be recognized for your unwavering integrity and support.
• This is a job share opportunity, meaning you and another colleague will share the duties of one full-time job, each working part-time hours on a pro-rata basis.

What you'll do

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for the delivery and integrity of product control activities for a subset of products, supporting statutory and external reporting. This involves reviewing key reporting metrics and evidence of controls for consistency.

You will lead a team to deliver high-quality, accurate product-level finance data to support financial, statutory, regulatory, and management reporting within agreed timelines.

Your top priorities include:

• Ensuring compliance with relevant policies and the effectiveness of our controls, adhering to CEC guidelines.
• Leading your team to perform product control activities within Banking Product Control and meeting reporting cycle deadlines.
• Reviewing month-end production for activities on the group-wide banking architecture.
• Managing the balance sheet substantiation of relevant product source balances for our franchises and legal entities.
• Supporting the Banking Product Controller with expertise for all month-end activities and participating in various committees.
• Maintaining the integrity of financial information, including the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts.
• Providing product support expertise to Business Unit Reporting and Financial Control, especially during audits.

The skills you'll need

You should be a qualified accountant with experience in a business environment, working under tight deadlines and managing key financial deliverables. Commercial insight is also essential.

Additionally, you should have experience leading global finance teams and delivering core controls and reports, including ledger close, balance sheet substantiation, and external audits.

Required skills include:

• Ability to build and influence relationships at a senior level.
• Understanding of Oracle financial applications and data management tools like Python, AWS, and Tableau.
• Knowledge of change management best practices.
• Experience delivering change in financial services or medium to large corporates.