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Internal Controls Business Partner

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An exciting opportunity for a commercially minded Internal Controls professional
An exciting opportunity for a commercially minded Internal Controls professional to step into a highly visible business partnering role within a complex, FTSE 100 listed organisation. This position offers the chance to shape and strengthen financial controls while engaging directly with senior stakeholders across multiple business units.
Client Details
Our client is a large, multi-sector organisation operating across a variety of business lines, offering exposure to diverse operations, stakeholders and environments.
The controls and governance function is evolving into a broader enterprise assurance and transformation model, creating an opportunity for a high calibre individual to help shape the future direction of internal controls and governance. This is a newly defined role with genuine scope to influence, develop and grow as the function grows.
Description
- Act as a true business partner to finance and operational stakeholders across multiple business units, providing assurance over controls, processes and governance frameworks
- Support and enhance the financial control environment, including design, documentation, implementation and monitoring of key controls
- Lead on the development and maintenance of Risk and Control Matrixes, process documentation and control frameworks across key areas such as Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Record to Report
- Provide oversight and challenge to ensure controls are consistently operated, clearly owned and appropriately evidenced
- Partner with senior stakeholders, including Finance Directors and operational leaders, to embed strong governance and improve control awareness
- Contribute to compliance with regulatory frameworks, including UK Corporate Governance Code Provision 29 and future SOX readiness
- Present financial control insights and monthly results to senior leadership, including CFO level
- Support assurance activities, including internal and external audit engagement, and track remediation of control deficiencies
- Identify control weaknesses, drive continuous improvement and support the move towards a more established and automated control environment
- Take a hands-on approach, supporting wider team activity where required in a collaborative environment
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Profile
- Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) or relevant experience
- Strong experience in internal controls, internal audit, or risk within a complex organisation
- Solid understanding of ICFR, SOX and/or UK Corporate Governance Code Provision 29
- Proven ability to operate as a business partner, engaging with a wide range of stakeholders across different levels
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with the ability to hit the ground running
- Experience designing and embedding controls in decentralised or operational environments
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders
- A proactive, self-starting individual with a willingness to get involved and support team delivery beyond core responsibilities


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Job Offer
- £70,000 - £80,000 base salary
- 20% bonus
- Hybrid working, 2 days onsite in Birmingham
- Exposure to a wide range of businesses, stakeholders and operational environments
- Highly visible role with direct interaction with senior leadership, including CFO level
- Opportunity to shape a newly evolving function within enterprise assurance and transformation
- Clear scope for progression and career development within a large, complex organisation
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