Control Team Assistant

Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK’s most responsible wealth manager.

In business since 1742.
A FTSE 250 listed company.
Managing more than £113 billion* for our clients.
20+ offices throughout the UK and Jersey.

*Funds under management at 30 September 2025.

Role Title: Control Team Assistant

Division: Finance

Location: Leeds

Contract: until 31/12/2026

About the Role

Accurate and timely delivery of intercompany information, recharges and IM cost allocations (actual/budget/forecast).

What you’ll be responsible for

• Involvement in the intragroup legal entity recharge process.


• Preparation of the intragroup balance matrix at month-end.


• IM P&L cost allocations (budget/forecast/actual).


• Involvement in Invoicing and payment process to clear-down intragroup balances (in conjunction with the Treasury team).


• Ad-hoc sales invoices and credit control.


• Maintain an effective control environment.

About you

If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. The following criteria is beneficia, but not essential:

• Comfortable with Finance and data but not required to be qualified accountant.


• Able to communicate information, ideas, or issues effectively and clearly through the most appropriate channel within the team and to key stakeholders.


• Able to organise and prioritise own workload effectively, working to a high degree of autonomy.


• Confident challenging processes and escalating issues.


• Effective problem solver, generating practical solutions to often complex issues.


• An eye for detail, able to identify, investigate and clearly explain variance.


• Self-motivated with high energy and enthusiasm.


• Builds effective relationships with stakeholders across the firm.


• Strong collaboration skills - proactively seeks to share information and ideas.


• Comfortable working across the MS Office suite of applications.


• Keeps up to date with developments in the industry, including emerging risks and regulation.


• Able to consolidate and present information and analysis in an effective, digestible, and timely manner.

Our offer to you

We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.

We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:

• A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%


• Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service


• Life assurance  - 8 x salary


• Income protection – 75 % salary


• Company share scheme


• Discretionary bonus


• Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days


• Green Car Scheme


• Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers


• Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications


• Season travel ticket loans


• Volunteering days


• Gym discounts


• Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you 

Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include:

• Sports & Social Committees, such as cricket, football, netball, running, yoga, quiz nights, charity bake sales and much more.


• Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Menopause Matters@Rathbones’ and Armed Forces. 


• The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.

Life at Rathbones

We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.

We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer (level 2) under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online, click here. If you require adjustments to apply for a role at Rathbones, please contact us via [email protected] to let us know what adjustments you may need.

Mission

We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of.

Our values shape how we work:
- We aim high
- We get it done
- We show we care
- We do the right thing

These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.

We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out.