- A role with great exposure and autonomy.
- A role with continued development and progression.
- Excellent salary and company benefits.
- Develop and annually refresh the Group's assurance strategy over financial controls. In time, expand the strategy to include material controls.
- Plan, manage and execute testing in line with the assurance strategy.
- Manage day-to-day and review the work of two resources – one based in the UK and one based in North America.
- Develop the Group's methodology for testing internal controls.
- Prepare workpapers in line with department methodology.
- Track and report deficiencies to Process and Control owners.
- Identify thematic issues and support communication and reporting of issues to senior and executive management.
- Make recommendations to support the remediation of the deficient controls.
- Analyse control deficiencies to identify impact on financial statements and disclosure in the annual report.
What We're Looking For:
- Accounting qualification – ACA/ACCA or equivalent
- Audit experience, preferably controls-testing focus – minimum 7 years post qualification experience
- Exposure to an effective understanding of internal controls over financial reporting and controls testing.
- Be a strong communicator and possess an ability to develop trusting and credible relationships at all levels of the business and across various teams
- Strong Excel skills
- An understanding of IT systems and operation will be helpful