Manager, Policy and Controls

Job Title -  Manager - Policy & Controls

Location - Manchester (Hydrid 1-2 days per week)

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Policy & Controls, the Manager - Policy & Controlswill support the setting of Group Finance accounting and reporting policies and procedures, manage the finance risk registers and oversee compliance with the internal financial reporting control framework.

This role will ensure a strong culture of financial discipline and compliance is in place across all the finance teams within the Markerstudy Group.   It will involve interaction with cross-functional teams to support business process changes that focus on internal controls impacts and will be a liaison between the business and External Audit regarding internal controls.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the internal control framework and perform first line assurance activities
• Support the development of policies and standards, department methodology and governance
• Monitor adherence to internal policies
• Support the development of business process taxonomy, risk assessment and documentation of key business processes
• Perform quality review control over business processes and activities including evaluation of the internal control effectiveness.
• Support special projects, enhancements, business process changes, and accounting changes to evaluate risk and impact to control environment
• Work with Finance Systems to implement control improvements to the ledger and consolidation systems.
• Ambassador for financial governance across all business activity.
• Ad hoc project work.

Qualifications and Desirable skills

• Qualified accountant with post qualification experience
• Experience in internal audit and/or internal controls monitoring in a large regulated business
• Ability to drive adherence to group policies and a high level of personal integrity in respect to compliance
• Excellent MS Office skills, including Visio or similar 
• Knowledge of Power Query or Power BI is an advantage
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, including at senior level
• Ability to work independently, with a proactive approach to providing updates and feedback to line manager and a range of  stakeholders
• Experience of delivering change that involves having to successfully influence various stakeholders

You will join an experienced, knowledgeable team and help lead the company in adapting to growth and change.