- Location
- Newbury, England,GB, GB
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Human Resources
- Seniority
- Manager
- Source
- Eightfold
Description
Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday Promote, maintain and lead a culture of effective and efficient financial internal control throughout the company with a team of ‘3'. Design, implement, and maintain a culture of effective and efficient financial internal control framework throughout the finance business processes. Facilitate change management resulting from strategic initiatives to simplify, standardise and automate our processes Ensure compliance with the control framework, including Quality Assurance Reviews, Control Testing Activities, and Remediation actions Ensure that all Balance sheet and P&L impacts via control weaknesses are investigated and resolved, to ensure that accounting clarity is improved month on month Manage day to day relationship with external, internal and regulatory auditors and facilitate in building an efficient approach to audits that strikes effective balance between risk mitigation and value optimisation Develop training materials and guidance to managers responsible for operation and ownership of controls Act as subject matter expert on key finance process transformations, assess impacts resulting from changes, provide critical input into the design of new to-be processes, and ensure that change is delivered in controlled way External/Internal Audit and SOX experience, including familiarity with entity financial statements Experience in working on audit or advisory engagements over the design and implementation of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) control frameworks into business processes Demonstratable experience and understanding of processes, policies, risks and internal controls Highly organised and able to prioritise workload effectively within a scaling business Self-motivated with strong attention to detail and organizational skills Has a proven track record of process implementation and improvements Excellent communication skills, including experience in working with multiple stakeholders across different levels and able to influence people in the wider organisation ACCA/CIA/CISA or appropriate internal audit qualifications (preferred) Knowledge of IFRS/UK GAAP financial reporting standards. Qualified accountant (ACA) an advantage