Description Join a team where your analysis shapes how we report to regulators and manage capital. In this role, you will influence high‑stakes decisions by transforming complex financial data into clear, trusted disclosures. You will collaborate across finance, product control, and policy to strengthen balance sheet insights and transparency. Your work will improve control quality, elevate data integrity, and help optimize how we use capital. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment and enjoy solving complex problems, this is an outstanding opportunity to grow your impact. As an External Reporting Associate in Balance Sheet & Capital External Reporting, you ensure timely, accurate regulatory submissions and elevate the quality of balance sheet, capital, and Risk‑Weighted Asset reporting. You partner with cross‑functional teams to clarify accounting treatments, strengthen disclosures, and enhance transparency for senior stakeholders. Together, we streamline processes, improve data quality, and help the business make better, faster decisions. Job responsibilities Own the quality and completeness of regulatory reporting disclosures for the business Coordinate with product control teams to gather, validate, and consolidate disclosure inputs Calculate Risk‑Weighted Assets for streams not covered by internal models Advise on product accounting and ensure alignment with accounting policy and corporate regulatory requirements Provide analytics to optimize balance sheet and capital usage across products and regions Monitor the balance sheet for net funding and Basel III liquidity ratio metrics Collect and consolidate external disclosures from regional product controllers and perform consistency checks and roll forwards Complete data quality checklists and conduct analytical reviews to strengthen controls Enhance Risk‑Weighted Asset reporting to deliver greater transparency to the business Explain regulatory framework developments and priorities to stakeholders, including capital changes and revenue recognition considerations on structured transactions Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Relevant experience in a finance organization covering accounting, financial statements, regulatory reporting, and financial products Strong understanding of accounting, financial statements, financial products, and risk concepts Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups) Ability to synthesize complex information and present clearly at the executive level Strong presentation and written communication skills Proven relationship‑building and cross‑functional collaboration skills Proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with a track record of adding value Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Experience with Basel III liquidity metrics and balance sheet monitoring Hands‑on experience calculating Risk‑Weighted Assets and improving related reporting Familiarity with revenue recognition for complex or structured transactions Experience coordinating multi‑region disclosures and consolidation Knowledge of UK and European regulatory reporting frameworks Exposure to process improvement or reporting control enhancements Background in investment banking or large, complex financial institutions