Financial Controller

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Financial Controller to ensure the integrity of financial reporting and compliance. The role involves building strong relationships with stakeholders and leading continuous improvement initiatives, targeting candidates with financial services experience and an accounting qualification.

Qualifications

• Previous financial control experience, preferably in financial services.
• Experience from asset, investment, or wealth management business.
• Ability to build strong influences in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of financial information and compliance with policies.
• Shape strategy and operating model for financial control.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Financial control experience

Stakeholder relationship management

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Strong communication skills

Education

Accounting qualification or relevant experience

Job description

Join us as a Financial Controller

• You'll be responsible for the delivery of the end to end financial control activity through working with our internal partners in Finance
• We'll look to you to proactively establish and maintain strong working relationships with key customers and stakeholders, and the wider finance team
• As a key member of our team, you'll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work
• You'll be joining a dedicated team that is passionate about diversity

What you'll do

As Financial Controller, you'll ensure the integrity of monthly, quarterly and annual financial information, including balance sheet, profit and loss account, internal and external reporting and other supporting data. You'll comply with relevant policies and consider and escalate the adequacy and effectiveness of the business's controls.

Through the course of your work, you'll:

• Help shape the strategy and operating model for financial control, with the overriding objective of establishing and maintaining trust and confidence of customers and stakeholders
• Provide clear and accurate analytical review and challenge
• Lead and drive continuous improvement that supports the strategic direction
• Take the lead on developing the optimal model for the function
• Be responsible for the successful delivery of mandatory and strategic programmes that impact on the key financial reporting outputs
• Be responsible for the oversight of outsourced functions, collaborating with third parties, auditors and other stakeholders to ensure financial reports and fund valuations are completed accurately and to timetable

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you'll bring previous financial control experience, preferably gained in a financial services environment. You'll have worked in a global business, and will hold an accounting qualification, or significant relevant experience in place of this. You'll also ideally have experience from an asset, investment or wealth management business, in a financial control capacity.

We'll also look to you to bring:

• Experience of building and maintaining strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders in changing environment
• A commitment to continuous improvement activity
• An astute eye for detail and exceptional problem solving capability
• Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly and succinctly articulate issues to senior management
• The ability to deliver high quality outputs to tight deadlines

Hours
35

Job Posting Closing Date:
05/09/2025

Ways of Working:Hybrid