Finance Risk & Controls Senior Manager

TP ICAP Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group is seeking a Finance Controls & Governance Senior Manager to uphold a strong risk and control framework across Finance, leading risk management, controls testing, governance reporting, issue remediation and continuous improvement.

The role involves designing testing strategies, overseeing risk events governance, monitoring risk appetite, and coordinating audit remediations, with collaboration across Finance, Technology, Compliance and Risk teams. Hybrid work in London is likely.

Qualifications

• Hold a full and current professional qualification in accounting (e.g. ACCA, ACA, ICAS, CIMA, etc.), finance (e.g. CFA), audit (CIA).
• Deep knowledge of financial risks, controls testing methodology and change management processes.
• Experience with current industry standards and principles relating to internal controls, such as COSO, COBIT, SOX, or other respected internal controls frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders while operating independently in a complex organisational environment.
• Experience managing teams.
• Operational experience at a system and process level, including process re-engineering, root cause and business analysis.
• Experience within Finance Risk, Controls, Governance, Internal Audit, Operational Risk, or Financial Controls functions.
• Proven quantitative, analytical, attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Project management skills specifically around risk frameworks and governance.
• Ability to translate complex risk, control and governance requirements into practical and scalable business solutions
• Ability to work well with others, communicate complex matters coherently and challenge robustly in a positive manner that drives improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage timely and accurate delivery of activities under the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).
• Develop and oversee the execution of comprehensive testing strategies for complex Finance processes, including assessing design and testing effectiveness.
• Design and oversee execution of testing strategy of non-judgmental Risk Assurance Plans ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
• Coordinate and oversee enrichment and governance of risk events, conduct causal analysis, identify and track issues and remediating actions.
• Support ongoing monitoring of Finance risk profile against risk appetite through monitoring of performance against Risk Appetite Thresholds and related risk metrics.
• Participate in delivery of global and, if required, regional/local risk assessment processes, including identifying emerging risks.
• Manage timely and accurate preparation, review, and delivery of governance reports and presentation packs.
• Participate in projects and ensure timely delivery of remediations supporting finance risk and controls framework.
• Coordinate and oversee timely delivery of internal and external audit remediations.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of end-to-end finance processes, capturing key changes / transformation and ensuring up-to-date control framework, risk taxonomy, process and control documentation maintenance.
• Drive Finance policy reviews and development.
• Ensure understanding and provide oversight of finance technology platforms.
• Manage coordination, preparation, and delivery of risk training and workshops, aimed at strengthening engagement and embedding a robust risk culture across Finance organisation.
• Support Finance organisational change by helping to assess process complexity, maturity, and control environment, thereby informing and enabling effective transformation.
• Drive identification and implementation of automation and AI opportunities within governance-related workflows, including control attestations, risk assessments, and compliance monitoring.
• Foster proactive collaboration with key stakeholders, including Finance, Technology, Compliance, and Risk teams.
• Team management - provide clear direction, support, and performance oversight to team members, ensuring alignment with defined objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
• Complete any mandatory training by required deadlines.
• From time to time you will be asked to undertake any other reasonable duties as required within this role.

Skills

Risk management

Controls testing

Governance reporting

Stakeholder influence

Team management

Process re-engineering

Root cause analysis

Financial controls

Education

Accounting qualification (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)

Tools

COSO

COBIT

SOX

Job description

TP ICAP Group is seeking a Finance Controls & Governance Senior Manager to uphold a strong risk and control framework across Finance, leading risk management, controls testing, governance reporting, issue remediation and continuous improvement.

The role involves designing testing strategies, overseeing risk events governance, monitoring risk appetite, and coordinating audit remediations, with collaboration across Finance, Technology, Compliance and Risk teams. Hybrid work in London is likely.