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