Finance Controls Transformation Lead

Allica Bank; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding and development

Flexible working

Pension contributions

Discretionary bonus

Private health cover

Life assurance

Family friendly leave

Job summary

Allica Bank is seeking an experienced financial controls leader to drive our controls transformation and maturity program. You will work with a wider finance transformation team focused on automation, data flows and process improvement, with exposure to SOX, internal controls and audit environments.

The role partners with IT and finance to mature ITGCs/ITACs across multiple applications while collaborating with risk functions to ensure robust control design and testing within a growing fintech

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, ideally gained within a Big 4/Top 10 firm.
• Post-qualified experience in a controls-related role (SOX advisory or internal/transformational), with broad exposure.
• Experience maturing ITGCs/ITACs across multiple IT applications and dataflows.
• Banking/FinTech/Financial Services experience preferred but not essential; passion for FinTech is key.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the financial controls programme across the Bank.
• Perform walkthroughs of processes and controls to identify gaps.
• Document processes and data flows; drive opportunities for automation.
• Maintain finance and treasury risk and control self-assessments; oversee remedial actions.
• Design, implement and test controls addressing identified risks; collaborate with 2nd/3rd lines of defence.

Skills

Controls experience

SOX/advisory

ITGCs/ITACs

Finance transformation

Auditing

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Allica Bank is seeking an experienced financial controls leader to drive our controls transformation and maturity program. You will work with a wider finance transformation team focused on automation, data flows and process improvement, with exposure to SOX, internal controls and audit environments.

The role partners with IT and finance to mature ITGCs/ITACs across multiple applications while collaborating with risk functions to ensure robust control design and testing within a growing fintech