Icfr Transformation & Controls Lead

Experian; Nottingham, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Healthcare (Bupa)

Sharesave Scheme

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Experian is seeking an experienced ICFR/SOX professional to strengthen our global Internal Controls for Financial Reporting. Hybrid role based in London or Nottingham, shaping design and embedding across the organisation.

You will partner across Finance, IT and Governance to standardise controls, drive automation, and monitor effectiveness, contributing to a leading‑practice control environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Controls, SOX, and ICFR environments.
• Proven ability to embed sustainable control environments.
• Experience with Finance Control Towers or global process ownership.
• Strong continuous improvement mindset for standardisation.
• Excellent stakeholder management across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and embed Experian's ICFR framework.
• Partner with Finance Control Towers and IT Controls to drive consistency across global processes.
• Lead control transformation programs to simplify controls and remove duplication.
• Drive automation, analytics, and control monitoring to improve performance.
• Translate programme outcomes into scalable BAU frameworks, standards, tools and governance routines.

Skills

Financial Controls

SOX Compliance

ICFR

Internal Audit

Stakeholder Management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

GRC Platforms

Workflow Technologies

Process Mining

Analytics Platforms

Automation Solutions

Job description

Job Description

We’re on a journey to strengthen and standardise our global Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework, evolving towards leading‑practice SOX standards. This role will play a pivotal part in shaping how controls are designed, implemented and embedded across our global organisation, helping drive greater consistency, efficiency and confidence in our financial control environment.

This is a hybrid role based in our Nottingham or London office.

Work that matters – What you’ll be doing

• Support the design, implementation and embedding of Experian's global ICFR framework, helping evolve financial controls towards a leading‑practice SOX-aligned standard.
• Partner with Finance Control Towers, IT Controls, Governance and Business Partners to lead consistency, standardisation and control execution across global processes.
• Lead control transformation programs, simplifying controls, eliminating duplication and improving the effectiveness of the control environment.
• Drive continuous improvement through the use of automation, analytics, control monitoring and best‑practice methodologies to enhance control performance and productivity.
• Help translate programme outcomes into scalable business‑as‑usual frameworks, standards, tools and governance routines.

What you’ll need to bring to the role

• Strong experience within Financial Controls, SOX, ICFR, Internal Audit, Risk or a related controls environment.
• Understanding of control frameworks, control design and operating effectiveness, with experience improving and embedding sustainable control environments.
• Experience working within or partnering with Finance Control Towers, Shared Service Centres or global process ownership structures.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities for standardisation, simplification and control optimisation.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to drive outcomes across complex global organisations.

Desirable experience

• Experience supporting SOX readiness, SOX compliance programmes or large-scale ICFR transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of leading‑practice controls excellence, including control rationalisation, control automation and continuous controls monitoring.
• Experience using GRC platforms, workflow technologies, process mining tools, analytics platforms and automation solutions.
• Experience developing control tower operating models, governance frameworks or global controls standards.
• Experience leveraging data and technology to improve controls effectiveness, efficiency and insight.

Qualifications

• A qualified or qualified by experience Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

More about the role

• Play a key role in a high‑profile global transformation programme.
• Work with senior stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Risk and Controls functions.
• Influence the future direction of Experian's global controls environment.
• Gain exposure to leading‑practice ICFR and SOX methodologies while helping shape long‑term controls excellence.

Additional Information

• Hybrid working - 40% office based
• Great compensation package and discretionary bonus
• Core benefits include Pension, Bupa healthcare, Sharesave Scheme and more
• 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.

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