Senior Manager, SCB / PCAOB IT Controls, Technology & Transformation

DELOITTE LLP; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Controls Advisory professional to lead teams and manage projects aimed at enhancing clients' control environments and compliance. The role requires expertise in assessing and implementing controls, and the ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates should possess strong communication and people management skills, alongside a relevant degree. This position includes hybrid working based in Edinburgh.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Professional development opportunities

Employee wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Background assessing, designing and implementing controls in audit or equivalent role.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent communicator with ability to manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams and managing projects for client outcomes.
• Building networks with stakeholders.
• Applying risk and controls experience for SOX and governance compliance.

Skills

Assessing controls

Designing controls

Implementing controls

Communication

Team management

Risk management

Education

Relevant degree or certification

Tools

S/4 Hana

Oracle ERP

Workday

AWS

SQL Database

Job description

Overview

The Controls Advisory team supports those accountable for managing organisations risks and compliance requirements through driving efficiency, effectiveness, and modernisation of their control environment to achieve better business outcomes. We focus on increasing our client's confidence in their compliance and control whilst reducing cost and effort.

Our team works cross industry helping senior client leaders with some of their most important and reputationally impactful challenges.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, fostering inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

If you have practical delivery experience of assessing, designing, and implementing business process controls and are looking to develop your career in a market-leading controls advisory team, then this could be the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams of professionals, and managing projects to ensure they deliver client outcomes.
• Managing engagement financials to ensure projects are profitable.
• Building and developing networks of with Deloitte Professionals and Client Stakeholders.
• Documenting processes and designing controls across all financial reporting cycles and non-financial reporting metrics;
• Applying your risk and controls experience to support clients in meeting specific requirements e.g. SOX, UK Corporate Governance Reform;
• Supporting our clients with the implementation or remediation of controls either through a standalone project or part of a wider controls transformation including other controls specialists;
• Leading testing of manual and IT dependent controls, and collaborating with our technology colleagues to support their testing of the relevant IT elements;
• Delivering end to end project management activities including project set up, monitoring, and reporting;
• Guiding, managing and leading team members within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution;
• Understanding of the key regulators and their expectations and supporting our clients in most efficiently and effectively meeting these mandates;
• Providing understanding how peer organisations across the Financial Services sector operate;
• Actively managing key risks or issues and proactively communicating to management (both internally and client stakeholders) as required;
• Developing client relationships and managing communications with key project stakeholders;
• Developing and growing the practice including business development;
• Leading and shaping the strategy and team.

Qualifications and Skills

• Background assessing, designing and implementing controls in an external audit, internal audit, internal controls or equivalent role.
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team e.g. alongside technology specialists to identify automated controls.
• Experience with specific regulations e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, UK Corporate Governance Reform.
• Clear understanding of audit requirements and expectations, with the ability to use this experience when performing advisory services to our clients.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate complex ideas, and effectively manage key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to understand, mitigate and manage risk.
• Proven ability to structure and deliver projects.
• Proven ability to lead and direct teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent people management and development skills with a strong focus on team development.
• Knowledge of common application technologies e.g. S/4 Hana, Oracle ERP, MS Dynamics, Blackline, Workday.
• Knowledge of common infrastructure technologies e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, SQL Database, Oracle database
• Experience of assessing AI risks and how AI can be responsibly used to improve control environments.
• Industry specific risk and controls expertise.
• Experience implementing controls as part of a system implementation e.g. implementing automated controls.
• Holding or eligible for UK Security Clearance.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"I thoroughly enjoy the opportunities and the people I engage with: they enrich my day immensely. Every week throws up new challenges, new risks to assess, new plans to develop." - Montine, Technology & Transformation

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in Edinburgh, London or Manchester with hybrid working. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break? For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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