Finance Controls Manager

HFG are currently partnering with a specialist insurer in search of their next Financial Controls Manager. The role is to manage the design & implementation, enhancement, uplift and maintenance of finance processes and controls (both SOx and non-SOx) across end-to-end finance systems and procedures. The role is also intended to partner with the first line team/process owner to investigate and manage the remediation of all control deficiencies

Responsibilities:

• Leads resources and processes responsible for maintaining, enhancing and reporting the entity wide financial control environment.
• Contributes to functional strategy development and prioritises operational deliverables and activities of team to support delivery of overall business targets.
• Implementation of the first line (finance) SOx and non-SOx controls to ensure appropriate purpose design and effective controls operation and remediation of control weakness/ failure; establishment of accountability model directly linked to performance management.
• Drive the transformation and maintenance of Finance's risk and control roadmap, controls, controls narratives etc. thereby ensure compliance with SOx best practice
• Prepares and presents audit reports to the Senior Leadership Team and the Audit Committee.

The right candidate for this role will be a qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with at least 3-5 years' PQE. You will have strong knowledge of internal controls as well as SOX experience.