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Manager, Policy & Controls

Vermelo RPO
Posted 15 days ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 3HH, England

Salary

£48,000 - £57,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Manager, Policy & Controls position in Peterborough is a hybrid role that reports to the Senior Manager - Policy & Controls.
  • This role requires a qualified accountant with several years of post-qualification experience and offers a salary of £60,000 to £70,000 per year.
  • Key responsibilities include managing the internal control framework, developing risk assurance plans, and ensuring compliance with financial reporting controls.
  • The successful candidate will work with cross-functional teams, act as a liaison for external audits, and support business process changes related to internal controls.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with proficiency in MS Office and knowledge of Power Query or Power BI.

Job Title: Manager, Policy & Controls

Location: Peterborough (hybrid)

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 internal financial reporting control frameworks.

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.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the internal control framework and perform assurance activities
  • Develop, manage and deliver against 1st Line Risk Assurance Plans
  • Support the development of policies and standards, department methodology and governance
  • Monitor adherence to internal policies and business standards, including supporting with development of the control self-assessment and compliance monitoring procedures and templates
  • 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.
  • Lead Finance Risk reporting to SMF Function holders and Group FD/CFO
  • 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 at least several years’ post qualification experience
  • Experience of 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
  • 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

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