Job Description
This is a high-impact role supporting the strengthening of financial controls across a large, complex UK and Ireland operation, working closely with senior finance stakeholders. The position offers significant exposure to governance, Provision 29 and future SOX-style control frameworks, making it ideal for someone looking to deepen their financial controls and assurance expertise.
Client Details
Our client is a well-established, large-scale organisation with a sophisticated finance function and a growing focus on financial governance, risk and control maturity. Operating in a decentralised environment, the business is investing heavily in strengthening its financial control framework to support regulatory compliance, audit readiness and long-term resilience.
Description
- Supporting the design, embedding and ongoing oversight of a robust financial control framework across core end-to-end processes including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Payroll and Inventory.
- Developing and maintaining high-quality financial control documentation, including process maps, narratives and Risk and Control Matrices.
- Assessing the design and operating effectiveness of controls, identifying deficiencies and ensuring proportionate escalation and remediation.
- Producing financial controls dashboards and leading structured monthly review meetings with finance stakeholders.
- Acting as a key liaison point for internal audit, external audit and governance reviews, including Provision 29 and future SOX-style testing.
- Driving continuous improvement through simplification, standardisation and increased automation of controls and reporting.
Profile
- A qualified finance, audit, risk or controls professional with strong experience in financial controls and ICFR.
- Practical experience working with SOX, ICFR and or UK Corporate Governance Code Provision 29 requirements.
- Comfortable operating in complex, decentralised environments and influencing senior stakeholders across finance and operations.
- Strong analytical capability, with the confidence to challenge, assess materiality and apply sound judgement.
- An interest in improving control maturity through better reporting, automation and use of AI technology.
Job Offer
- Annual salary of £65,000 - £70,000 per annum
- Annual bonus
- Hybrid working model with 2 days onsite and 3 days remote
- Exposure to senior finance leadership and enterprise-wide governance activity
- Hands-on experience with Provision 29 compliance and future SOX readiness
- Clear opportunity to develop deep expertise in financial controls, governance and assurance within a large, complex organisation
