NatWest - Vice President/Manager - Financial Control - CA

Join us as a Financial Control Manager.

• You'll lead the delivery and integrity of monthly financials, from balance sheet and P&L to statutory and change- related reporting, across a diverse portfolio of programmes.
• We'll look to build strong partnerships across finance, programme teams and senior stakeholders, giving your work visibility and influence in how decisions get made.
• Shape financial transparency in a dynamic project environment, using your insight and judgement to drive clarity, confidence and better business outcomes.

We're offering this role at vice president level.

What you'll do

• As Financial Control Manager, you'll lead your team to deliver accurate, high- quality financial information and drive a culture of data discipline across the change portfolio.
• You'll set and maintain the control frameworks and governance standards that align our activity to strategy, the operating model and the bank's process architecture.
• You'll also work with finance and programme partners to strengthen visibility, support decision- making and create consistency in how financial performance is understood and communicated.

In Addition, You'll :

• Manage end- to- end financials for the Investment CoE, covering actuals, capitalisation assessments, journals, forecasting and cost tracking with clear articulation of risks, variances and opportunities.
• Uphold strong financial governance across the change portfolio, safeguarding compliance with Group policies, audit requirements and internal controls.
• Deliver substantiation, reconciliation and analysis of balance sheet and P&L results, applying strong controls and commercial understanding.
• Partner with finance teams, programme managers, PMO and senior stakeholders to drive informed, timely and evidence- based decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, tooling and controls, helping the team evolve and strengthen its contribution to change delivery.

The skills you'll need :

• We're looking for an individual with significant experience working across large, multinational financial services organisations, ideally with exposure to global working, and a proven ability to lead and develop teams.
• You'll guide stakeholders with sound judgement and commercially grounded insight.
• Your foundation in financial control, accounting and cost management will help you shape accurate reporting and strengthen financial governance across the portfolio.
• You will also need to thrive in a fast- paced project environment, bringing adaptability and cultural leadership to steer teams through change and generate practical options to achieve shared objectives.

To Succeed In This Role, You'll Bring :

• At least twelve years of experience with a CA qualification, with a strong grounding in cost FP&A and financial accounting.
• Experience in Financial Control functions, ideally supported by Big Four or similar high- quality background.
• Strong analytical capability and proficiency in accounting processes, including ledger closure, project cost accounting and management of intangible assets.
• Excellent communication skills, translating financial details into clear, actionable insight with a proactive, solutions- focused mindset.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems experience, including tools like Oracle, Tableau or Adaptive Insights.
• Ease with working in a fast- paced project environment, with the ability to guide team culture and generate options to achieve shared objectives.