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Senior Financial Controls Analyst from the Company
Beazley Management Limited, this latest
Senior Financial Controls Analyst job vacancy is located in the city
London ECN located in the country
United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate
GCSE . Job Vacancies in this
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Division: Finance Operations
Reports To: Manager Non Financial Controls
Key Relationships: Internal: Finance Leadership Team (FLT), Group Finance Director, Finance leads and teams, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance and IT platforms. External: 3rd party service providers, Auditors
Job Summary: This role will be a proactive member of the global financial controls team supporting the implementation and ongoing delivery of our group financial controls framework.
Key accountabilities: - Understand and deliver the requirements of the financial control framework
- Promote and communicate the expectations of the financial control framework to key stakeholders
- Support the preparation of the annual financial controls team plan
- Perform the test of design of key controls, focusing on more complex areas of risk and oversee the quality of the team's work related to the test of design of key controls
- Perform the test of operating effectiveness of key controls, focusing on more complex areas of risk and oversee the quality of the team's work related to the test of operating effectiveness of key controls
- Support the business with financial control subject matter expertise to enhance existing controls or encourage implementation of new controls
- Supervise the quality of the team's work related to tracking management's remediation efforts
- Engage with key stakeholders, including the global finance team and other in scope departments, compliance, risk management, internal audit and third party auditor
- Contribute to the preparation of regular reporting to stakeholders including the group finance leadership team, risk and regulatory committee and relevant audit and risk committees
- Support the deployment, onboarding and maintenance of the GRC tool.
Change assurance and other responsibilities:- Monitor change and transformational activities across the Group, ensuring that internal control requirements are satisfactorily addressed, designed and documented.
- Participate on projects / initiatives as appropriate, providing advice and guidance in respect of new or reengineered processes, ensuring shared awareness of new system implementations, control change implications, and testing results.
- Act as control champion when implementing change across the Group to ensure that Control Framework requirements are delivered to relevant parties.
Decision-making responsibilities: - Work within the guidelines agreed by the Head of Financial Control and Senior Manager of Financial Controls
General It is important that within all your interactions both internally and externally you adhere to Beazley's core values - Being Bold, Striving for Better, and Doing the Right Thing - as they contribute to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers. We also expect Beazley employees to:
- Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct which incorporates the PRA and FCA Conduct. Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.
- Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
- Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
- Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Culture & People or assurance teams (compliance, risk, internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley's underwriting control standards, Beazley's claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.
- Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups.
Personal Specification: Education, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience- Qualification in Accounting or Internal Auditing with strong working knowledge of balance sheet and income statement dynamics and ability to develop appropriate risk measurement techniques.
- Experience in public accounting, internal audit, control, risk or other activities that directly align with the specific responsibilities for this position.
- Sound understanding of risk management and audit principles and practices with particular focus on financial reporting, operational and business process risks.
- SOX control experience and comprehension of end-to-end finance business processes.
- Knowledgeable with current industry standards such as COSO, and has strong relationships with private sector counterparts.
- First-hand operational experience at system and process levels, including process re-engineering, root cause and business analysis.
- Analytical approach with ability to work systematically and unsupervised, to tight deadlines and with multiple competing priorities.
- Pragmatic problem-solver with commercial awareness and a flexible, collaborative approach.
- Self-motivated, organised and able to assimilate, manage and communicate salient details relating to large volumes of information, including technical issues and data.
- Practical experience with financial risk model development, implementation, and governance.
- Diverse professional or internal audit experience, including international exposure (US & APAC).
- Demonstrable ability to communicate with project teams and advise on operational implications of business requirements and change delivery risks.
- A self-starter and independent learner who takes the initiative to challenge the status quo and is creative and comfortable with ‘blank sheet of paper' assignments.
- Strong written and oral communication skills. Influencing and excellent report-writing experience with a high standard of English is a pre-requisite.
- IT-literate with good numerical skills. Good knowledge of database management.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (particularly Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint.
Aptitude and Disposition Active listening; Customer focused; Options definition and analysis; Problem solving; Creative thinker; Drive and delivery orientation; strong confidence and ability to manage dialogues; ability to empathise and collaborate with stakeholders across functions.
Competencies Business acumen; Commercial awareness; Strategic thinking, Analytical; Planning; Documenting; Purposeful communication; Technical competence/expertise; Organisational and project management; Managing talent; Embracing diversity; Business performance and delivery; Relationship management; Corporate governance and compliance.
Keywords : London jobs
Closed Date :
2025-08-30