The Growth Company
Financial Compliance Officer
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Location: Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, South Yorkshire, Doncaster
Contract type: Permanent/ Full-time
Salary: Up to £29,000 per annum
The Growth Company (GC) has an exciting new opportunity for a Financial Compliance Officer who will be responsible for providing support, guidance, and maintaining financial assurance activities and compliance for Employment, Justice, and Health contracts. To support and ensure external and internal stakeholders and providers are meeting high levels of quality and compliance.
Please be aware that this role requires travel 2–3 days per week across the Yorkshire and Humber region, including Sheffield, Doncaster, Leeds, and Hull.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support financial claims and assurance activities to ensure accurate data and maximise funding while mitigating risk.
- Provide guidance, advice, and training to the claims and compliance team to maintain compliance and quality standards.
- Report to internal and external stakeholders and take follow-up action where required.
- Ensure all financial claims are compliant and ready for submission to external stakeholders.
- Monitor and collate financial MI, producing reports for internal use.
- Support and contribute to internal and external audit processes and outcomes.
- Review claim data and MI to identify trends, errors, and improvement opportunities.
- Carry out administrative tasks relating to financial claims and compliance activities.
About You:
- A proactive team player with a strong sense of responsibility and accountability.
- Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- A confident communicator who can build effective relationships across teams.
- Detail-focused, with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
- Resilient and able to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Motivated, results-driven, and adaptable to changing priorities.
- Able to quickly learn new systems, processes, and initiatives.
- Committed to working in line with Health and Safety and company policies.
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Skills Required:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful reports.
- Experience in audit, compliance checks, and funding reconciliation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and web-based systems.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Good knowledge of funding rules, contractual requirements, and compliance standards.
- Understanding of GDPR and information security requirements.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask effectively.
We are currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits or visas. Therefore, we can only consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK.
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At GC, safeguarding the welfare of all individuals, including vulnerable adults and young people, is a top priority, and we expect all staff to uphold this standard. All appointments follow Safer Recruitment Procedures, including a DBS check carried out by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd), at no cost to the successful candidate.
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Please note: It is a legal offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity if you are on the Barred List.
We are committed to increasing workforce diversity and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria and either have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. If this applies to you, you can request consideration under this scheme during the application process. Your request will be shared only with the Hiring Manager and Internal Recruitment Team.
We also aim to make our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need reasonable adjustments or have any general enquiries at any stage or the recruitment process, please contact careers@growthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447.
Examples include:
- Meeting the hiring manager or touring the venue in advance.
- Extra time for tasks.
- Interview questions shared beforehand.
- Accessibility software or equipment for assessments.
We’re proud to support the Ban the Box campaign, which helps people with convictions access job opportunities. As part of this, we’ve removed questions about convictions from the initial application stage.
GC is committed to fostering a culture of flexibility and agile working. Many roles will increasingly support full agile arrangements. If you require more permanent flexibility, we encourage you to discuss this during your interview so your request can be considered early in the process.
All GC colleagues will work in line with the Health and Safety at work act and the GC Health and Safety Policy.
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