Financial Control Analyst

NatWest Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in India invites applications for a Financial Control Analyst role focused on ledger control and month-end accounting. The position is senior analyst level, offering diverse work across the financial ledger close and related reporting.

You will lead policy-driven control and collaborate on balance sheet substantiation, regulatory reporting, and process improvements using Oracle, Power BI, Python, AI and Tableau.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial control, reporting processes and accounting in banking/financial services.
• At least three years of experience delivering ledger close, reconciliations and regulatory reporting.
• Proficient with finance transformation and system implementations.

Responsibilities

• Achieve control of the financial ledger through policy setting and control frameworks.
• Ensure timely and accurate ledger close in line with policies and guidelines.
• Support all financial transactions to ensure proper recording, substantiation and reconciliation.
• Provide input into end-to-end control and ownership of balance sheets.
• Assist systems testing and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Financial control

Ledger close

Reconciliations

Regulatory reporting

Decision making

Problem solving

Finance transformation

Education

Management degree

CA/CS/CWA qualification

Tools

Oracle

Power BI

Python

AI

Tableau

Job description

Join us as a Financial Control Analyst

• Take on a new role and provide control of our financial ledger
• We’ll look to you to prepare month-end accounting, including journals preparation, reviews and account reconciliation
• With no two days the same, you can expect lots of variety as you help us deliver a banking service that’s beyond what’s expected
• We're offering this role at senior analyst level

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll achieve control of our financial ledger through policy setting and control, risk and systems frameworks, leading to the delivery of the balance sheet and related externally disclosed statutory information. You’ll be responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of the financial ledger close in compliance with our policies and guidelines.

We’ll also look to you to support all financial transactions to make sure they are appropriately recorded, substantiated and reconciled including the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts.

Through the course of your work, you’ll:

• Undertake reconciliations, accounting, MI and control activities to support the ledger close, reconciliation, substantiation and reporting
• Support change initiatives, process improvements and in-system implementations related to individual processes and applications
• Provide and support input into the end to end control and ownership of franchise and legal entity balance sheets for your business area
• Support systems testing such as user acceptance testing, and system or process improvement initiatives
• Provide resolution of finance user queries and daily activity support to finance teams

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for an individual with experience in financial control, reporting processes and accounting, ideally gained in a banking or financial services environment. You’ll be proficient in financial accounting knowledge, and understand revenue, balance sheet, costs and headcount measures.

Ideally, you’ll also hold a management degree, or a CA, CS or CWA qualification.

In addition, you’ll bring:

• At least three years of experience and deliver financial control through ledger close, reconciliations, balance sheet substantiation, and regulatory reporting
• Drive process improvements and finance transformation using tools such as Oracle, Power BI, Python, AI, and Tableau
• Experience of delivering core financial control and reporting outputs, including ledger close, balance sheet substantiation, statutory and management reporting, and external audit
• The ability to make sound decisions and judgements to resolve problems
• You’ll be working fixed shift patterns of 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
• An awareness of relevant policies and external legislation