Director of Financial Governance
- Recruiter
- Cedar Recruitment Limited
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £80,000 - £90,000 with Discretionary bonus and benefits
- Posted
- 17 Dec 2014
- Closes
- 24 Dec 2014
- Ref
- 1412-20
- Category
- Accountancy Practice, Banking and Financial Services, Charity, Construction, Consumer products / FMCG, Education / Training, Energy / Utilities, Health, Insurance, Law, Manufacturing / Engineering, Marketing / PR, Media / Entertainment, Oil, Gas, Mining, Property / Housing, Public Sector, Retail / Wholesale, Transport / Logistics, Travel / Tourism
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
An international education organisation with revenues in excess of £1Bn is recruiting a Director of Financial Governance, this role will be focused on managing projects to improve the controls, compliance and assurance framework for the business, with a significant amount of exposure to various areas of the organization.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Providing a financial risk and governance service, working with various senior stakeholders, such as Regional Finance Directors and the senior leadership team in an advisory capacity in order to mitigate financial risk
• Ensuring that the organisation is compliant with the relevant regulatory requirements, this will include making recommendations as to how improving policies can aide in the strategic growth of the business
• Developing and introducing an effective assurance framework and counter fraud function, using support from external advisors
• Ad hoc projects
For this role, you will need to be a qualified accountant with the ability to lead international projects. Also, you will have experience of financial controls, governance, risk and compliance in an international environment. It is essential that you are a confident and innovative individual, with the ability to engage in effective working relationships.