Financial Compliance Officer

Sewell Wallis are proud to be partnering with our client, a large, global professional services business based in Leeds with the recruitment of a Financial Compliance Officer. If you're recently qualified ACA or ACCA and have undertaken your training within one of the big 4 firms, this could be the ideal move into industry for you. The successful candidate will get the opportunity to travel the world (6 trips worldwide per year) in order to provide regular compliance reviews on site in each country to evaluate high risk areas and to test controls, processes and compliance with group policies. You'll have access to all senior stakeholders in a broad role with full exposure to the business.

This business has offices all over the UK, all they ask is that you can travel to the Sheffield office one day per week, the rest can be worked either in the Leeds office or from home.

What will you be doing?

• Helping to develop a financial controls framework for the international company, and a supporting repository of guidance and training tools designed to enhance the company's control environment.
• Act as an advocate for the financial compliance function: work closely with Finance teams to raise awareness of financial controls, promote examples of best practise and provide trusted guidance on financial compliance issues.
• Undertake financial compliance reviews across the international company: including planning reviews, performing testing, chairing close meetings with senior stakeholders and formally reporting findings and recommendations for presentation to the Audit Committee.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of supporting processes to effectively monitor and report on the financial compliance landscape across the international company. Deliver clear, timely and compelling reporting on all financial compliance findings and drive change in process or controls to mitigate as needed.
• Support in tracking known compliance issues and work closely with local offices and central functions to ensure these are remediated on a timely basis.
• Collaborate effectively with the wider Finance team, and other 2nd line functions, to develop unified approach to financial compliance.

What skills are we looking for?

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent).
• Ability to regularly travel internationally is essential.
• Ability to travel to Sheffield city centre 1 day per week.
• External or internal audit background preferred, or experience in a 2nd line assurance function.
• A clear, confident and concise communicator to stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• Ability to engage in open dialogue, provide pragmatic solutions, dealing with conflict as required whilst maintaining good working relationships.
• Ability to write succinct and impactful reports.
• Analytical with strong Excel skills; experience with Power BI, tableau is preferred, though not essential.

What's on offer?

• Salary of c 50,000 - 60,000.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• 28 days holiday + bank holiday and the ability to buy an additional 5 days.
• 6% pension contribution.
• Private medical insurance.

Send us your CV below, or contact Kayley Haythornthwaite for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.