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Finance Governance Officer - Risk

Accountancy Action
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£45,000 - £54,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A well-established business is seeking a Finance Governance Officer for a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension.
  • The role allows for up to 2 days in the office and 3 days of remote work, offering a base salary plus a bonus of up to 15%, life assurance, pension, and healthcare benefits.
  • Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with data governance standards, managing data sets, and assisting with GDPR compliance.
  • Candidates should be qualified accountants with either a strong risk background or experience in regulatory reporting and Power BI.
  • The company values its staff and provides opportunities for career progression.

I am delighted to be partnering with a well established business seeking a finance governance officer to join their growing team.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract position with a view to extend afterwards. The role will be up to 2 days in the office and 3 days remote working, with a bonus of up to 15% on top of the base salary, life assurance, pension and healthcare provided.

Key aspects of the role include

• Data Governance standards (including those relating to GDPR) are met through effective end-to-end data controls with appropriate reporting to the relevant Boards and Committees

• To play a key role in the required quarterly annual control testing program.

• Liaison with both Business and Support functions (Finance, Risk & Compliance, Operations, IT and Customer Service) teams to ensure that ICOFR documentation is kept up to date: Process Narrative Reports, Risk and Controls, EUC asset controls, SAP accounts scoping.

1. Working with the business teams in the maintenance of the individual Data Sets.

2. Manage and facilitate the attestation of each Data Set by the Data Register Owners and Data Owners.

3. Maintain the Issues and Remediation log - working with the business to resolve issues.

4. Assist the Head of Finance Governance, Risk & Controls with the preparation of a Quarterly Data Quality Report for review and approval by the Financial Controller

• To assist the Head of Finance Governance, Risk & Controls with General Data Protection Regulation compliance by the Finance Teams:

1. Review and maintenance of the functional Record of Processing Activity (RoPA) to ensure it is accurate, up to date and made easily retrievable for inspection and ongoing monitoring.

2. Review and maintenance of the Record Retention and Disposal Guide (RR&DG) to ensure that it is accurate, up to date and made easily retrievable for inspection and ongoing monitoring.

3. Management and deletion of data in accordance with the Record Retention and Disposal Guide.

4. To assist the Head of Finance Governance, Risk & Controls with the Finance Teams

5. Review of the CLUK Data Governance Operating and Regulatory Reporting & Disclosure policy workbooks to ensure the implementation of these policies

6. Liaison with Risk team to ensure that the policy process requirements are kept up to date.

7. Risk Event Reporting within GRC/MetricStream- including monitoring re mediation action plans through to completion.

8. Standard compliance across the Finance functions including

To be successful in this role the company are either seeking a qualified accountant with a strong risk background or a qualified accountant with regulatory reporting and power BI experience.

In return the business really rewards its staff and will offer an amazing opportunity for those looking to progress their career.

If this sounds like you, please apply below.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.