Edrington
Audit & Risk Manager
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Our Craft
Edrington’s vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our central focus, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the single malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal premium rum from the Dominican Republic. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin.
Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive.
Our Blend of Benefits
- Salary £59,000-£73,000
- 37 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days
- Save for retirement and invest in your future - pension contributions (employee up to 8.75%, employer up to 14%)
- Share in our success with up to 10% Share Reward scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Private medical insurance that covers the cost of private healthcare and includes round the clock access to GP services and menopause health line
- 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing
- Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance, plus at least 20% discount in our staff shop
- Embrace work-life harmony with 60:40 hybrid working, 26 weeks’ paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year
Embrace Excellence
Assurance & Risk (ARC) sits within the Group Finance Function and our goal is to support and challenge the business to ensure group-wide effective and optimised risk management, internal controls and assurance processes in place.
Key activities delivered by ARC include:
- Effective Group-wide Risk Management
- Promoting and embedding a robust controls environment
- Sustain awareness, application and compliance of Global Policies
- Delivering holistic risk based internal audit reviews
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Reporting directly to the Head of Assurance & Risk, this position will be responsible for working independently to deliver holistic risk-based audit reviews of key business risks, business processes, business change and the management of financial, operational and compliance risks.
Make an Impact
- Deliver the annual audit and risk plan agreed with the audit committee to our quality standards, on time and on budget.
- Deliver the controls validation plan in line with companies approach to Provision 29 strategy.
- Review work of Senior Audit and Risk Analyst.
- Lead complex and diverse risk-based assurance engagements, including scoping, team direction, review and constructive challenge of senior stakeholders.
- Lead the Senior Accounting Officer annual certification and support Corporate Criminal Offence compliance.
- Support the annual risk assessment and audit planning process, evaluating risk exposure across business areas and helping to shape assurance priorities.
- Support Head of Assurance & Risk with ad hoc projects/duties as requested driven by continuous improvement, audit and self-assessment findings, legal, policy and framework developments etc.
- Manage and maintain the Audit/Board Optro system in conjunction with the other Assurance Risk Manager.
- Business partner with designated business areas to strengthen risk management, governance and internal control frameworks, identifying practical and value-adding improvement opportunities.
- Support the annual risk assessment and audit planning process, evaluating risk exposure across business areas and helping to shape assurance priorities.
Closing Date: 28th September
Your Talent and Skills
- CA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, with significant experience in financial and non-financial risk management, controls, and assurance.
- Internal &/or external audit experience, with detailed understanding of potential risks & controls.
- Familiarity with external assurance methodologies, risk management processes and compliance assessments.
- Business process understanding, including finance and non-finance processes as well as process and control design and improvement.
- Project management experience, with an attention to detail and able to translate big picture thinking into tangible work deliverables and action plans.
- Highly numerate with strong financial and commercial acumen and experienced in the use of advanced excel and data analytics for Key Risk/Control/Performance indicators.
- Previous experience with AuditBoad/ Optro system.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, ability and gravitas to effectively communicate, challenge and influence across all levels of the organisation.
- Tenacious and “can do” attitude with a pro-active continuous improvement mind-set.
- Able and comfortable working away from home and travelling internationally to all company locations without restriction as required (possibly at short notice).
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We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Edrington more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.
A Place For Everyone
We’re proud of our inclusive culture – where unique experiences, ideas and perspectives are celebrated. We want everyone to feel respected and empowered to contribute to our success.
Get involved. From colleague networks like Balance, Pride and Kick-Start to inclusion allies and DE&I champions, we encourage our people to be curious, get involved and help us make change happen.
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