Group Finance Manager (Risk & Controls) - Belfast

VanRath; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative financial services firm is seeking a Group Finance Manager to join its newly established Risk & Control Governance team in Belfast. This pivotal role focuses on enhancing financial oversight and governance frameworks while driving process improvements. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, contributing to internal control reporting and the Enterprise Risk Management Framework. If you are a finance and risk professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for governance, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Finance and risk professional with experience in governance and internal controls.
• Qualified accountant or finance-related certification required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement finance governance and risk management frameworks.
• Support financial process documentation and compliance efforts.

Skills

Governance

Financial Risk Management

Internal Controls

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ICAS, CIMA)

Finance-Related Certification (CFA, CIA)

Tools

Risk Management Frameworks (COSO, COBIT, SOX)

Job description

Group Finance Manager (Risk & Controls) - Financial Services - Belfast City Centre

VANRATH is delighted to be working in partnership with a scaling global Financial Services to recruit a Group Finance Manager for the newly established Group Finance Risk & Control Governance team in Belfast.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a key role withing a newly created team, working to enhance financial oversight, strengthen governance frameworks, and drive process improvements

The Role

This is a newly created key role in the team and the focus is on developing and implementing finance governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will help improve financial processes, compliance initiatives, and risk reporting.

• Support the enhancement of financial process documentation, consolidations, and reporting.
• Assist in the development and implementation of Group Finance Governance and Oversight methodologies.
• Contribute to internal control reporting and the production of key risk metrics.
• Help drive the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework.
• Assist in executing the Risk Assurance Plan, including deep-dive risk reviews.
• Support the management of governance processes, risk events, and causal analysis.
• Track and monitor issues, remediation actions, and process improvements.
• Maintain risk registers, control frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Lead finance process and technology documentation initiatives.
• Prepare and contribute to risk reporting materials for senior stakeholders.
• Support finance-related projects, policies, and compliance efforts.
• Help deliver risk training and promote a strong risk culture across the business.
• Perform other relevant duties as required.

The Person

• You will be finance and risk professional with experience in governance, financial risk management, and internal controls.
• Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ICAS, CIMA) or finance-related certification (e.g., CFA, CIA), or equivalent experience.
• Experience in financial risk management, reporting, and finance technology risks.
• Knowledge of control frameworks such as COSO, COBIT, or SOX.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with great attention to detail.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and effectively communicate financial risk matters.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Senior Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link below or contact Joanne Gordon for a confidential chat today.