Strategic Finance Risk & Internal Controls Expert

Templeton & Partners - Innovative & Inclusive Hiring Solutions; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Templeton & Partners is seeking an experienced Finance Risk & Internal Controls Specialist to support an international financial institution. You will assist the Finance Risk / Internal Control Manager across external audit coordination, internal controls, governance, risk oversight and management reporting.

Collaborating with Finance Controllers, external auditors, Compliance, Risk and Internal Audit, you will help drive controls, KPI reporting and RCSA processes across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating external audits and controls testing.
• Strong understanding of internal control frameworks and risk assessment.
• Excellent organizational skills to coordinate multiple stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and escalation of risks.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and across locations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate external audit requests, documentation, deliverables, deadlines and follow-up actions.
• Maintain audit trackers, clarify task ownership, monitor progress and escape delays.
• Review audit documentation for completeness and quality before submission.
• Identify and analyse risks, providing clear insights and timely escalation.
• Support internal control oversight, governance and KPI reporting.
• Support the EMEA Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) process.
• Coordinate reviews of user-developed technology and manual processes.
• Support records management assessments, systems access reviews and business continuity activities.
• Support Compliance Monitoring, SOX and Internal Audit activities.
• Track control issues and remediation actions through to completion.
• Improve and standardise control and audit-support processes.

Skills

Audit coordination

Internal controls

Risk assessment

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Independent working

Cross-team collaboration

Governance reporting

Education

Accounting/auditing qualification

Tools

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Reporting tools

AI tools

Job description

Templeton & Partners is seeking an experienced Finance Risk & Internal Controls Specialist to support an international financial institution. You will assist the Finance Risk / Internal Control Manager across external audit coordination, internal controls, governance, risk oversight and management reporting.

Collaborating with Finance Controllers, external auditors, Compliance, Risk and Internal Audit, you will help drive controls, KPI reporting and RCSA processes across the EMEA region.