Robert Walters is looking for an Interim Financial Accountant with a strong background in risk and controls to join our client based in Warwick on a hybrid basis. This role offers an excellent platform for career growth, with the successful candidate playing a pivotal role in shaping the financial risk landscape of the organisation. The successful candidate will have Sarbanes-Oxley experience as well as a strong background in financial accounting and internal audit.
What you'll do:
As an Interim Financial Accountant, your role will be instrumental in supporting the development and implementation of a robust risk and controls framework. Your ability to perform detailed controls testing and process reviews will be crucial in ensuring that all risks are adequately managed. Additionally, you will play a key role in facilitating risk-based discussions, delivering financial scoping activities, performing regular risk assessments, and supporting the remediation of any control weaknesses or non-compliances.
- Provide financial risk and control SME support to the business
- Support the delivery of the annual 2nd line assurance plan
- Drive the risk and controls maturity programme
- Assist in developing a strong risk management culture within the business
- Perform detailed controls testing and process reviews
- Deliver financial scoping activities for Gas Transmission & Metering
- Facilitate risk-based discussions to help identify, assess, record, and manage risks and controls
- Perform regular risk assessments and support horizon scanning
- Support the remediation of control weaknesses/deficiencies or non-compliances
What you bring:
The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of knowledge in audit, finance processes, risks, and financial controls. Your experience in accounting, financial scoping, auditing, and enterprise risk management will be invaluable in this role. You will have a proven track record of delivering compliance against International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and possess knowledge or experience of regulatory or operational risk or wider internal risk and control frameworks. Your proficiency in using business systems and analytical tools, coupled with your excellent communication skills and understanding of SAP & other financial systems, will set you apart.
- Strong understanding of Finance processes, risks, and financial controls
- Experience with Accounting/Financial Scoping and auditing
- Understanding or experience of Enterprise Risk Management
- Experience delivering compliance against International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Knowledge or experience of regulatory or operational risk or wider internal risk and control frameworks
- Proficient use of business systems and analytical tools (Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Understanding of SAP & other financial systems
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