Freelance job Senior Internal Financial Controls Specialist

Job Title: Senior Internal Financial Controls Specialist
Duration: 12 months with a view to extend
Rate/Salary: £450-650 per day inside IR35 (subject to experience)
Location: London/home based (2-3 days in central London office per week plus home working)


The Role:

The role involves maintaining the Internal Control Framework across the Group, including the accuracy of controls maintained on the control platform, and ensuring compliance with SOX requirements.

* Develop and uphold a strong control environment through maintaining up to date process and control documentation
* Support management in the identification and management of key risks
* Conduct annual SOX testing in line with Group methodology to provide assurance over financial reporting
* Manage the control remediation process for related control gaps/ deficiencies
* Monitor control performance in Internal Control tool
* Ensure the Internal Control tool is maintained for specific controls
* Produce assigned reporting for both Executive and non-Executive management
* Provide control oversight and identity control process improvements
* Rationalise overlapping and duplicate controls

Experience Required:

* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA).
* Internal Audit or Risk background within the Insurance industry is essential
* Good SOX understanding and experience
* Sound grasp of risk management principles and practices
* Clear operational mind-set with first-hand experience of process re-engineering, root cause and business analysis.
* Analytical thinker / pragmatic problem solver
* Ability to deliver against tight deadlines and competing priorities

If the above role would be of interest and you fit the following criteria, please apply online for consideration. Please not that recent Insurance industry experience is essential for this vacancy and applicants must have a notice period of 1 month or shorter to be considered. #LI-PB1