Franchise Business Partner
| Posting date: | 24 July 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, EC2M 4AA |
| Company: | NatWest Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R-00236071 |
Summary
Join us as a Franchise Business Partner
- In this key role, you’ll be supporting the interface between Treasury and the business franchise for balance sheet management and strategy including funds transfer pricing (FTP)
- You’ll play an integral part in the structuring, design approval process at product level to optimise balance sheet resources
- This is a great opportunity to develop a wide network and strong relationships across the bank, as you’ll be joining a collaborative and supportive work environment
What you'll do
As a Franchise Business Partner, you’ll be using analysis to identify measures to improve profitability and reduce risk through active management of the balance sheet. You’ll be engaging with Treasury and business stakeholders to communicate the range of disciplines and advisory capabilities to optimise value for the business and the bank.
We’ll look to you to understand and implement methodologies and frameworks to make sure that interest rate, liquidity and currency risks are adequately recognised in product reward mechanisms.
You’ll also be:
- Supporting the business in managing a balance sheet that is resilient to economic and regulatory pressures and in line with the bank’s strategy
- Acting as the strategic advisory partner to the business on all treasury and balance sheet matters
- Making sure that structural risk in the business balance sheet is identified, measured and reported in an accurate and timely fashion
- Maintaining relationships with stakeholders across businesses to articulate treasury related issues, themes and challenges
- Supporting the funds transfer pricing methodology review and implementation to drive business behaviour
The skills you'll need
To succeed in this role, you’ll either need a strong understanding of banking regulatory frameworks related to capital or liquidity, or a demonstrable ability to quickly develop this. You'll also need an ability to interpret, transpose and communicate this understanding to an array of stakeholders. You’ll therefore need strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work well across different teams and levels of seniority.
Previous experience of balance sheet management such as capital, liquidity, funding, FTP, asset and liability management (ALM) or treasury management would be advantageous.
In addition, you’ll need:
- The ability to make significant contributions to projects and drive the direction of project outcomes
- Good computer skills, including PowerPoint and Excel
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to think strategically
- The ability to handle change in dynamic environment