Senior Financial Controls Manager

Senior Financial Controls Manager

£85/95K + bonus + car allowance + benefits

Surrey - with flexible working 2 days per week in the office

We are delighted to be partnering a Global FS organisation with the key hire of a Senior Financial Controls Manager

The Senior Financial Controls Manager will play a pivotal role in leading this newly created team which will support the design and implementation of a new financial control's framework across the UK finance function.

This team will manage all finance owned controls, raise quality standards around their design, close off any control gaps identified and provide reporting and transparency to key stakeholders.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Build out and embed a new financial controls framework across the UK finance function.
• Help to develop process and controls documentation to a high standard, identifying new and existing controls.
• Identify and remediate any controls gaps.
• Help manage communications with key stakeholders, including process owners and reports preparation for senior management. Help improve the visibility around financial controls.
• Liaise with external auditors who may request controls information.
• Help to complete all Non-Financial Risk Management (NFRM) reporting to the Risk function.
• Liaise with Internal Audit as required.

Candidate Profile

• Experience of documenting and managing financial processes and controls within a finance function
• Team management experience
• Qualified Accountant - ACCA, CIMA, ACA or CIA
• Internal /external audit experience - candidates seeking a first move from practice would be of consideration
• Experience of finance process improvement, including automation, rationalisation and designing new or changes to existing processes and controls
• Experience of planning and facilitating workshops of varying size
• Significant experience of working either within a finance and/or financial controls team or within external or internal audit
• Able to challenge the status quo and improve the control environment through stronger and/or more effective controls.
• SOX or knowledge of other financial controls frameworks would be beneficial.

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