The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has invited applications from eligible candidates for the post of Financial Control Assistance.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghailna h-Alba, commonly abbreviated as RBS, is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, together with NatWest and Ulster Bank.
Responsibilities
- Provide input to and support process improvements using Lean techniques, ensuring existing work and development activities are the focus of continuous improvements
- Follow thorough analytical procedures over the balance sheet and profit and loss account to build an understanding of the business and its key drivers
- Support the development of process maps, identifying critical paths to create a plan and drive the acceleration of the disclosure reporting process
- Prepare month-end accounting, such as journals preparation, reviews, and account reconciliation and substantiation
- Undertake impact assessment of issues on overall financials, downstream processes and associated communications with different stakeholders
Skills
- An understanding of accounting flows and entries and the impact on financial statements
- The ability to identify, build and enhance key relationships at a senior level, influencing and challenging as required
- An understanding of data flows within an IT infrastructure and systems and the impacts on the reconciliations
- Experience of investigating and probing issues with cross-business impact
- Excellent analytical, root cause analysis and reporting skills
Qualification and Experience
The candidate will have experience in a financial services environment and knowledge of IFRS Accounting Standards, and ideally a CA, ICWA, MBA finance qualification, or IFRS certification.
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