Contract Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom

The Role

Deliveroo is committed to driving ambitious growth while ensuring it is supported by robust processes, a strong control environment, and efficient, reliable financial reporting. In light of this, and alongside the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Reform, we are seeking an experienced Controls Projects Senior Finance Manager to help deliver key elements of our financial controls transformation programme.

This is a 9-month fixed-term contract, designed to provide additional capacity as we move from a largely informal control environment to a more standardised and embedded framework. The role will focus on executing and accelerating in-flight control initiatives, supporting key stakeholders in Finance and Risk, and ensuring we meet critical delivery milestones over the next two quarters.

Key Responsibilities:

Framework Development and Adoption:

• Identify and assess financial reporting risks to design and implement a robust financial controls framework across the business.

Internal Controls Methodology:

• Lead the scoping of Financial Statement Line Items (FSLIs) to identify in-scope business processes for controls testing.

• Conduct walkthroughs to understand end-to-end processes, risks and controls to assess and improve process and control design.

• Document processes through narratives, flowcharts and risk and control matrices to ensure clarity and consistency.

• Perform design and operating effectiveness testing - design appropriate test plans and evidence testing in line with audit principles.

Stakeholder Engagement and Remediation:

• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to help drive the controls agenda.

• Communicate control deficiencies to stakeholders and recommend pragmatic, actionable remediation plans.

• Support remediation efforts by providing subject matter expertise to control owners.

Policy Development:

• Develop, maintain or enhance financial controls documentation, including policies, procedures, guidelines and standards.

Continuous Improvement:

• Facilitate the sharing of best practices and drive standardisation to enhance the control environment.

• Improve control environment maturity through, for example, automation opportunities and assessing / implementing 'to-be' controls in new system implementations.

Training and Awareness:

• Conduct training sessions for stakeholders to raise awareness and understanding of financial controls and risk management.

Governance and Reporting:

• Prepare presentations, status updates and recommendations to senior leadership, including the Audit Committee and Board of Directors.

Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in financial controls or internal audit, ideally within a fast-paced or growth-oriented environment.

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting risks, and expected minimum controls across common business cycles such as revenue and the financial statement close process.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Effective communicator with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience in supporting regulatory compliance initiatives, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) or UK Corporate Governance Reform.

Why Deliveroo

Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it.

We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the fastest growing industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy, and we are always looking for new ideas.

Workplace & Benefits

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. Benefits differ by country, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice. Benefits are country-specific, please ask your recruiter for more information.

Diversity

At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest-growing businesses in a rapidly growing industry.

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