Internal Controls Manager

Nisbets; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nisbets is seeking an Internal Controls Manager to lead the internal control programme within our Finance team, delivering robust governance, risk management and compliant processes across the business.

Based at the Fourth Way office in Avonmouth with hybrid flexibility, you will partner with IT and business teams, drive control testing, and share best practices across Bunzl Group to ensure controls remain fit for purpose in a fast‑paced international environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Risk, or SOX Compliance.
• Strong understanding of risk governance and internal control frameworks.
• Professional accounting or audit qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review and improve financial processes and internal controls across the division.
• Perform periodic control testing to ensure ongoing compliance and effectiveness.
• Represent Nisbets within Bunzl Group Internal Controls community, sharing best practices.

Skills

Internal controls

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Collaboration

Self-motivation

Professional development

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIA

Job description

Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for an Internal Controls Manager to join our Finance team, supporting the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of internal controls across the business. As an Internal Controls Manager at Nisbets, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effectiveness of financial and operational controls, helping the business maintain strong governance, compliance, and risk management practices.

Working closely with the Head of Finance and wider business stakeholders, you will lead the Internal Control Programme across Nisbets. You will act as a trusted business partner, providing practical, hands‑on support to teams across the organisation to design, implement, optimise, and monitor internal controls.

The successful candidate will be comfortable building strong relationships across multiple functions and ensuring controls remain effective, efficient, and fit for purpose within a fast‑paced international business environment.

This role will be based at our Fourth Way office in Avonmouth, with flexibility through our hybrid working approach.

Key Accountabilities

• Review and improve financial processes and internal controls across the division.
• Perform periodic control testing to ensure ongoing compliance and control effectiveness.
• Represent Nisbets within the wider Bunzl Group Internal Controls community, sharing best practices and supporting change initiatives.
• Partner with IT and business teams to review systems and controls, ensuring compliance requirements are met.
• Act as the key contact for all internal control‑related requests from Bunzl PLC and Bunzl UK & Ireland.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to promote understanding, ownership, and continuous improvement of controls.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required

• Experience within an Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Risk, or SOX Compliance function.
• Strong understanding of risk management, governance, and internal control frameworks.
• Professional accounting or audit qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIA, or equivalent is desirable.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Collaborative approach with the ability to build effective relationships across teams.
• Self‑motivated, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Commitment to personal development, learning, and professional growth.

About Us
Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big.From a one‑man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it.It’s all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast‑paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart.From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family‑owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.