Finance Risk & Controls Consultant

Finance Risk & Controls Consultant (Ref 59841)

Paye day rate up to a day £360a day or Ltd company day rate up to £390.00

We are recruiting for a Finance Risk & Controls Consultant to work within an ERP deployment project team to ensure that high standards of internal control are maintained through the deployment of such that Sarbox, Internal and External Audit, and other compliance/regulatory requirements are met.

Duties include

* The design and deployment of key internal controls in the ERP template in Trading Partner Finance – identify key risks tour client’s, working with functional and process owners to agree required mitigating controls.
* Identify opportunities to embed preventative automated controls vs. detective controls into the control framework. Align risk and control descriptions to SOX requirements.
* Maintaining & updating the ERP Internal Controls Framework during the deployment release, including risk and control assessments for localisations.
* Provide input to documentation (STPs) for ERP and other tools, for changes to the Template Review Board for approval
* Work with stakeholders to ensure that finance controls are embedded and adequately documented
* Work with the business to ensure that Key Controls are tested to the required standard and able to be operated and compliant to design in each process area
* Ensure controls as designed are deployed in each market, entity or site.
* Identify Finance Compliance Champions and lead appropriate training for them before Go-Live of a deployment release, and as required post Go-Live.
* Lead and coordinate the creation of training materials to aid control operation and supporting training activity prior to go-live
* As required, coordination of internal controls testing with the Compliance Champions, post Go-Live e.g. Performance Qualification.
* Provide Financial Compliance subject matter expertise to the TP Finance Organisation and other aligned programmes/projects.
* As required, support the Global Process Owners in preparation for creation of business requirements for template changes, where there is a compliance impact. Review these and maintain involvement in the governance processes around the template.
* Ensuring financial risk to our client is controlled and mitigated through the effective management and implementation of a rationalised Internal Controls Framework across the ERP template.
* Ensuring financial risk to the business is controlled and mitigated through the effective design, build and test of controls.
* Ensuring consistency and integrity of the ERP template (including business processes and system design) in line with financial policies and external regulations, such as Sarbanes Oxley.
* Defining and managing complex interdependencies across design, functional and business requirements in order to meet compliance requirements
* Supporting project/programme delivery to define and prioritise deployment schedules across multiple delivery functions in order to best meet business demand

Skills and experiences required for the role

* Strong Finance background with commercial experience
* Experience in finance processes and operations, including SOX Compliance, internal audit, Risk Management and Compliance
* Experience with internal control design and risk identification
* Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley legislation
* Experience of an ERP Implementation/large project environment

Requires strong business process, audit, financial and risk mitigation knowledge.

* Ability to communicate with senior managers in order to allow sign-off of the controls framework for each release.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
* Strong Excel skills to ensure accurate input of large amounts of data in complex workbooks.
* Requires strong presentation skills with an ability to influence senior managers and stakeholders.
* Ability to communicate with senior managers in order to allow sign-off of the controls framework for each release.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Good people skills and proven ability to influence outside own team and across organisation

Ideally you will have a CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA with a Post Qualification or bachelor degree education in related discipline with equivalent experience

– Preferred

* Knowledge of both Pharmaceutical industry and Manufacturing business and systems
* SAP functional experience – mixed modules

Due to the high volumes of applications we are currently receiving, unfortunately we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 7 days of your application, then please presume that you have not been successful on this occasion.