Finance Risk Quality Assurance Manager

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Risk Quality Assurance Manager to enhance their finance quality assurance processes. This pivotal role involves designing a comprehensive quality assurance framework, collaborating with senior management, and ensuring robust financial controls. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in auditing and quality assurance, with a strong understanding of financial control and reporting processes. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, and play a key role in driving sustainable success in the insurance sector.

Benefits

Up to 10% bonus

50% off home, motor, and pet insurance

Free travel insurance

Health and Dental insurance

EV car scheme

25 days annual leave

Buy as you earn share scheme

Employee discounts and cashback

Qualifications

• Experience in auditing or quality assurance is essential.
• Understanding of financial control and reporting processes is required.

Responsibilities

• Design a finance-wide quality assurance process aligned with industry standards.
• Collaborate with senior management to ensure key controls are properly evidenced.

Skills

Auditing

Quality Assurance

Financial Control

Control Testing

Actuarial Processes

Job description

Finance Risk Quality Assurance Manager, London

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in data, technology, customer care, auto repair, HR, finance, and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. We all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

Our goal is to become Britain’s best retail general insurer, and we’re close. Our talented, reactive, and communicative finance team is dedicated to helping us achieve this in a sustainable, profitable way. With strong connections to our shareholders and a commitment to integrity, our people focus on creating and maintaining significant value.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Risk Quality Assurance Manager to join the Direct Line Group on a permanent basis!

What you’ll be doing

• Design a finance-wide quality assurance process aligned with industry standards, focusing on key controls, with real-time reporting for immediate control adjustments. This will be phased, initially emphasizing Actuarial processes.
• Act as a finance risk & assurance SME, providing robust challenge to protect the Group’s interests, ensuring key controls are operated as designed, consistently, and well-documented.
• Collaborate with senior management across the Chief Financial Office to ensure key controls are properly evidenced.
• Prepare reports for committees or senior management, providing real-time insights from quality assurance reviews across the CFO.
• Support risk and control activities to meet team objectives and key results.
• Guide teams within Finance on issue raising, assessment, reporting, escalation, and resolution.
• Support the ongoing operation of the FRCF, including oversight, communication, and education to finance and non-finance directors as appropriate.

What you’ll need

• Experience in auditing or quality assurance.
• Understanding of actuarial, financial control, and financial reporting processes.
• Experience in control testing or control design.

Ways of working

This role is based in our London office. Our hybrid working model combines home and office work, offering flexibility. Most colleagues attend the office 2 days a week, with flexible options available.

Read about our flexible working approach.

Benefits

• Up to 10% bonus
• 50% off home, motor, and pet insurance, plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Optional Health and Dental insurance
• EV car scheme for leasing electric or hybrid cars
• 25 days annual leave
• Buy as you earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback
• And many more!

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