Finance & Reg Reporting Change Lead

Join us as a Finance & Reg Reporting Change Lead

• In this crucial role, you’ll lead Finance and data‑driven reporting programmes across finance and treasury systems, regulatory reporting, prudential reporting, and capital optimisation
• We’ll look to you to partner with Finance, Change, and Data leaders to shape investment cases and ensure robust governance
• This is your chance to help create lasting value as you drive benefits realisation across Finance, Change, and Data programmes
• If applying for Jersey or Isle of Man and you don't already live here, you'll need to clearly state in your CV that you have the right to live and work in your chosen location to be considered for this role

What you'll do

As a Finance & Reg Reporting Change Lead, you’ll define the programme scope, objectives, and structure, and lead the articulation of the financial business case. You’ll establish governance and controls aligned to Finance, Data, and Change frameworks, ensuring compliance and effective risk management. You’ll also own programme plans, resource allocation, and progress reporting, maintaining transparency across milestones, costs, and benefits while ensuring that delivery outcomes meet strategic objectives and support Finance and Reg Reporting transformation.

We’ll look to you as well to work closely with delivery teams to assign and optimise resources across Finance, Data, and Change communities. You’ll build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions to maximise business value. Moreover, you’ll be accountable for programme-level risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, including impacts arising from other programmes.

In addition, you’ll be:

• Coaching project managers and acting as escalation point for delivery challenges
• Tracking and reporting programme costs and benefits, ensuring delivery within budget and proactive variance management
• Leading investment governance activities, including business case reviews, benefit realisation, and post-investment appraisals
• Driving adoption of data governance standards and ensuring consistent data collection and reporting across the programme, working collaboratively with the Chief Information Office & Data & Analytics colleagues
• Partnering with customer experience teams to embed improvements enabled by Finance and Reg Reporting change

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with programme management qualification such as MSP, PgMP, or APM, along with proven experience delivering strategic Finance and Reg Reporting transformation initiatives. You’ll also need to bring experience managing complex programmes with multiple dependencies across Finance, Data, and Change portfolios, as well as strong financial acumen, including investment appraisal, budgeting, forecasting, and benefits tracking.

In addition, you’ll need:

• A solid understanding of end-to-end Finance processes such as FP&A and regulatory standards and risk and dependency management, as well as data governance principles
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at senior levels across multiple business areas
• Experience with hybrid delivery approaches, including Agile and Waterfall, along with enterprise change standards
• An understanding of finance systems, data management principles, and emerging technology including RPA and AI
• Strong analytical capabilities

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

25/08/2026

Ways of Working:Remote First

Requires MSP, PgMP, or APM qualification; strategic finance and regulatory reporting transformation experience; complex programme management, financial acumen, stakeholder influence, data governance, and Agile and Waterfall delivery experience.

Key Responsibilities

• leading programmes
• coaching managers
• tracking benefits

Skills & Tools

RPA, AI, Agile, Waterfall

Job Details

• Category: Project and Program Management
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Douglas or Saint Helier or Manchester or Edinburgh or London
• Languages: English

About Rbs

A banking organization providing financial services and managing finance and regulatory reporting. — Industry: Finance