Financial Risk Manager

• Provide robust assurance on a portfolio of predominantly financial controls within OMW and its underlying business units.
• Develop an annual testing strategy and plan for the delivery of control testing in co-ordination with other testers, Head of Finance Risk and the business / finance.
• Manage and deliver allocated internal control assignments (end to end) including planning, testing, and report delivery.
• Test the design and operating effectiveness of controls in order to provide assurance of the control environment to senior management and to inform the Audit Committee.
• Provide constructive challenge to finance and the business and work with them to enhance existing processes and develop new processes that are efficient, well controlled and fit for purpose.
• Provision of OMW level assurance information such as assurance reports, finance control reports, risk reporting and input to Audit Committee papers.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships within finance, the business, risk, internal and external audit, supporting them to improve controls.
• Report to senior management on key issues on a timely basis in a clear and concise manner. Undertake other duties, as required.
• Support the Managed Separation process and relevant work streams.
• Required to travel up to 30%.

• Educated to degree level
• Professional qualification in accounting or control (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA,IIA, CISA, QICA) or overseas equivalent.

Experience required:

• Strong background in Internal Audit / External Audit or Risk.
• Highly experienced with working with financial control, operational control, IT audit. SOX experience is desirable.
• Experience working with the Financial Services sector
• Excellent communication skills and Stakeholder management.
• Highly competent in the use of Microsoft Word, particularly Excel and Powerpoint.
• Proven experience of building and maintain positive working relationships

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