Performance & Business Management Analyst

NatWest Group; Manchester; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in Manchester is seeking a Performance & Business Management Analyst to provide critical analysis and recommendations to inform business decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess a professional accounting qualification and experience in stakeholder management. This remote-first position offers a great career development potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a support role.
• Demonstrated ability to work with various stakeholders.
• Up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards.

Responsibilities

• Financial and headcount reporting including budget setting and cost control.
• Effective management of costs and budgets.
• Delivering accurate monthly reporting of cost and headcount budgets.
• Comprehensive contract management across the business.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Microsoft Office

Analytical Thinking

Education

Professional Accounting Qualification or Equivalent Experience

Job description

Join us as a Performance & Business Management Analyst

• Take on a role with great career development potential and harness your analytical talents
• We’ll look to you utilise your specialist knowledge and provide insightful analysis and recommendations which inform business decision making
• You'll be providing analysis and recommendations for leadership teams, which will inform business decision-making and support our long term goals

What you'll do

As a Performance & Business Management Analyst, you’ll be using multiple sources of information, such as customer insights, colleague feedback, markets insights and relevant business operational data to provide analysis and understand the impact to the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Financial and headcount reporting including monthly cost report checking, monthly forecasting, budget setting, cost control initiatives, business cases, provision of local analysis intelligence and commentary
• Effective management of costs and budgets across the function to support achievement of the Fraud Prevention CoE cost goals
• Delivering accurate monthly reporting of both the cost and headcount budgets, across Run and Change, as part of the monthly budgeting process across all business towers
• Maintaining comprehensive contract management across the business, through collaboration with Product Owners (PO) and Supply Chain colleagues to deliver business value, ensuring that all contractual obligations are achieved

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with experience of working in a support role. You’ll additionally hold a professional accounting qualification, or significant relevant experience which is equivalent

We'll also look to you to demonstrate:

• Experience of working effectively with a variety of stakeholders at different levels
• Proven experience of Microsoft Office applications
• Experience of executing and managing key methodologies, tools and frameworks
• Up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards
• An understanding of the banking business and products would be advantageous

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

22/08/2025 Ways of Working:Remote First