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An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced controls specialist.
This role will be working with the business leading on the implementation and development of the controls framework across the Group and partnering with various leaders to enhance and develop the way the team work to produce high quality management reporting.
Role Accountabilities:
- Manage and develop the Group's business controls framework, ensuring key risks in these areas are being managed appropriately.
- Lead the business engagement in these areas ensuring the risks are understood and the frameworks are owned and embedded into the businesses and functions.
- Develop and deliver the control testing programme utilising the Finance teams from across the Group to test controls implementation and effectiveness.
- Identification of and leading on testing across high-risk areas, including acquisitions.
- Overseeing the end-to-end review of the business processes, identifying areas and scope for controls and governance improvements, focusing on efficiency improvement and risk reduction.
- Business Partnering across Wolseley Group to support in the implementation of controls whilst providing guidance and best practice as well as providing support, advice and education.
- Identify and communicate areas of risk and provide solutions to the business to mitigate this risk.
- Provide best practice process, control and efficiency improvement advice to businesses and functions.
- Generate insightful, concise management reporting for the Leadership Team and Board, providing an integrated view of risk and control information in these areas.
- Use the frameworks to help drive and embed a risk and control culture into Wolseley.
- Maintain the Group Policies for Business Controls and Inventory Verification. Maintain the Group Delegation of Authority matrix.
Required Practical and Technical Knowledge:
- Extensive experience in a risk, controls or audit role.
- Strong educational background and professional qualification e.g. qualified accountant, internal audit, risk management.
- Risk / control identification and assessment processes / techniques, with a commercial mindset.
- Strong analytical skills, able to quickly identify and present key issues concisely.
- High quality and insightful reporting, including recommending practical solutions to risk issues.
- Delivery at pace, alone and as part of a team, and managing mix of stakeholders.
- Experience working across a large, complex organisation in a corporate environment - interacting with all functional areas.
- Commitment to delivering best practice, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Experience of complex multi-site B2B service environment such as construction or distribution (preferable).
This is a great opportunity to work within a high performing Group Finance function where there will be strong opportunity to develop and move within the business.
