Finance Manager - Change & Control - 9 months

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Finance Manager - Change & Control - 9 months

Finance Manager - Change & Control - 9 months The location of the role is London OR Manchester.The duration of the role is 9 months.The pay rate on offer is £450 - £500 per day. The client is a large, multinational high-street retailer.OverviewFully woven into the DNA of the business, the Finance team plays a key role in setting the pace for their key business decisions, shaping budgets, analysing sales, managing costs and making sure the most vital statistics and data are absolutely accurate.With a focus on adding value to all business areas by helping them make data-driven decisions and understand what is driving commercial performance - it's the team's job to make sure the right tools, processes, governance and ways of working are in place to support this.The purpose of the Change & Control team is to support the business in creating and maintaining a strong financial control environment by completing regular process reviews the to make sure controls remain relevant and effective. The Head of the Business Service Centre leads the team that provides this support.Key accountabilities:Support the delivery of the control strategy implementation plan for finance aimed at increasing efficiency of finance processes and control environment improvements.Support the completion of designated process reviews identifying significant financial risks and associated control activities.Identify process and control improvement opportunities, including automation, and the actions required to achieve these.Document "as is" processes and controlsDocument, agree and track proposed changes to process and controls to remediate identified control weaknessesDetail the "to be" process and controls; and train colleagues to operate the "to be" controlsUpdate process flow charts and the Risk and Controls Matrix (RACM) based on results of process reviews performedBuild and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholdersCommunicate the findings from process reviews to senior Finance and Business partnersSupport remediation of control gaps, Internal Audit findings and external audit's management letter pointsSupport Finance partners with ad-hoc process and controls queries / improvement requests from the businessDelivery of required remediation activitiesKey skills and experienceExperienced Chartered Accountant (ACMA, ACA, ACCA)Experience of working in a finance control environmentUnderstanding of finance processes, experience of reviewing and mapping financial processes, controls design and testingExperience of reviewing issues / inefficiencies for end to end processes and conducting a root cause analysis to identify front end controls or automation opportunities in a processStrong partner management skills, relationship building & presentation skills to be able to discuss the end to end process and opportunities in detailEffective interpersonal skillsA strong controls ethic and approachShared services experienceA self-starter who possesses the ability and able to operate independentlyComfortable operating outside a defined role remit or profileHigh cultural awarenessTenacious, consistently maintaining integrity and a sense of professionalismStructured and logical problem solver