Join us as a Product Control Analyst
Join a team that is accountable for closing and maintaining the integrity of the ledger for our Commercial & Institutional business
You’ll be delivering an accurate understanding of the financial position, including key business drivers for material movements
Gain valuable experience and hone your expertise as you advance your career in this challenging role
What you'll do
As a Product Control Analyst, you’ll be responsible for the daily P&L and monthly balance sheet reporting for the bank’s trading desks which sit within NatWest Markets. This will help the bank to effectively manage its trading position, demonstrate strong daily controls and enable management of market risk.
You’ll establish and maintain strong working relationships with key customers and stakeholders, and deliver high quality and consistent financial, statutory, regulatory and management reporting outputs. You’ll comply with relevant policies and consider and escalate the adequacy and effectiveness of the business’s controls on a regular basis.
Day to day, you’ll:
Validate the P&L and balance sheet and provide commentary on the major drivers
Co-ordinate with various stakeholders across front office, middle office, market risk, IT support and senior management
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
Prepare month-end accounting, such as journals preparation, reviews and account reconciliation
Investigate process or system issues
Support systems testing, such as user acceptance testing and system or process improvement initiatives
The skills you'll need
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring experience in core financial control delivery and reporting outputs, including ledger close, balance sheet substantiation, statutory and management reporting and external audit. Experience in Excel, SQL, VBS, Access, Tableau or Python would be beneficial but not essential, as would any prior experience with product control.
You'll be a quick learner, adaptable and open to new ideas, and it's advantageous if you have or are pursuing a professional qualification such as CFA, FRM or ACCA.
We’ll also look to you to have:
Knowledge of financial products such as bonds, swaps, futures and options
Knowledge of international accounting standards
Experience of delivering change in a financial services environment
The ability to identify, build and enhance key relationships at a senior level
Experience of investigating and probing issues with cross-business impact
Good time management skills