Financial Controller Review

Job Title: Financial Controller Daily Tasks: I don't really have daily tasks I have on going projects & I have tasks that I do monthly. The tasks I do monthly are Month End reporting & reporting for a variety of PBB products. Daily Interactions Internally: There are 13 members of our financial control team, it is split down into sub teams that look at certain products. The sub team I'm in looks at Advice, Protection & Savings. My line manager has given me the responsibility of looking at protection. Any income coming in relating to protection products is my responsibility. I work with Business Intelligence to investigate any issues with our numbers at month end, for example if our actuals are under or over our forecasts. We have an offshore team in India that I walk with daily. Our team has various calls daily both our sub team and wider team. Responsibilities: As I said before my responsibility is for Protection but I also look at Advice & Savings to get a broad understanding of what our team does. Projects: I'm involved in a number of projects, some our team wide, others I'm working within sub teams & I have a few that I'm doing on my own. Everyday: I work on my projects.

Qualifications: CIMA (First you have to do a 2 year entry before doing the professional part of the qualification). Internal Training Courses: I've done a lot of on the job training but also training regarding certain systems we use. I've also taken part in finance academy which is a full day out of office in lectures regarding various topics that will effect the bank. External training courses: The bank has put us in a number of Q&A courses, MS Office, MS excel, Time management & a speed reading course. Personal & Professional skills: On our induction week we had a number of speaker come in and talk to us about our personal development. We have 1:1s in work with our line managers to focus on Personal development and we also have personal development plans for the year to set out how we want to improve.

I couldn't enjoy work any more than I do. I dropped out of university twice and this is ideal for me. My team have been incredibly helpful and welcomed me into the team. RBS has a damaged reputation as a result of the crash but once you work here and you know what the company is trying to do to help communities and striving to become a bank for the people you feel connected with the bank. The culture in RBS has changed for the better there is a real focus on people and working as a team. The bank will always to everything in it's power to help you do what you want. This apprenticeship has surpassed my expectations.

I feel incredibly well valued at RBS. Our first week of inductions, finance specific inductions, we were fortunate enough to meet with senior executives of the bank and went for dinner with some. We went to London to meet some of them as well as Sir Sandy Crombie, a former apprentice and CEO of Standard Life. They have put a real emphasis that we can achieve anything we want to here. My line manager has been incredibly supportive of me & I couldn't have asked for someone better. When you do work well you are recognised, this can be informal from a colleague saying you have done well or it can be slightly more formal in the form of a nomination for the Champion of the Week or a LOV award (Living our Values)

Our programme was structured very well. A two day bank wide induction followed by a three day finance induction with my fellow finance apprentices (5 in total). We have done a number of courses and are supported well as I have said before. We are given study leave. Once you are in your placement it will be different for each individual as not one team structure is the same.

We are supported well by BPP. The staff are helpful and we have been given a lot of materials to study with. The only problem is some of the first tasks where childish.

I'm incredibly well supported. I'm supported by my line manager, colleagues, the apprentice team, the graduate team. Everyone has been more than happy to help and support me.

I'm from Edinburgh so I still live at home but our starting salary more than meets costs. It's a very good starting salary, especially for a school leaver.

There are lot of opportunities outside of work. Constant company events and activities. Sports, networking councils etc. Or team goes for monthly meals. There's volunteering programmes. There's a gym on campus.

Yes

I would recommended RBS as a place to work to a friend for all the reasons mentioned above. Great place to work, great environment/culture & there are a lot of opportunities to progress and learn.

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