Financial Controls Testing Manager - 6m FTC
Here at evoke plc we're seeking an experienced Financial Controls Testing Manager to support the delivery of the Group's UK Corporate Governance Code Provision 29 programme. Here you will be responsible for independently assessing the design and operating effectiveness of material financial controls that support the integrity of financial reporting, safeguarding of assets and key financial processes. This includes controls across financial close, reconciliations, revenue, payments, treasury, journal entries and entity-level controls. In this role you'll independently execute testing, identify control deficiencies, document findings, agree remediation plans with control owners and support management's year-end assessment of control effectiveness.
- Execute Design Effectiveness (DE) and Operating Effectiveness (OE) testing of material financial controls.
- Conduct walkthroughs with Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations and Company Secretariat stakeholders.
- Test controls relating to: Financial reporting and financial close processes.
- Test controls relating to Financial review and management oversight activities.
- Test controls relating to Treasury governance and liquidity management.
- Test controls relating to External reporting and market disclosure processes.
- Test controls relating to Financial risk management and scenario analysis.
- Test controls relating to Governance and approval processes supporting significant financial decisions.
- Test controls relating to Accounting policy and judgement oversight.
- Evaluate the adequacy of control design and operating effectiveness.
- Identify control deficiencies, root causes and improvement opportunities.
- Produce clear testing documentation, findings and recommendations.
- Agree remediation actions with control owners and track delivery to completion.
- Support reporting of testing outcomes, deficiencies and remediation progress.
- Experience in ICFR, SOX or financial controls testing environments (required).
- Experience testing controls across financial reporting and financial process cycles (required).
- Strong understanding of entity-level controls and financial governance frameworks (required).
- Ability to independently perform walkthroughs, DE testing and OE testing with experience producing high-quality testing documentation and assurance reports (required).
- Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
- Discounts at a range of high-street retailers.
- Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.
- Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education.
- You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.
- Hybrid working Our employees can work from home up 4 days with 1 day office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!
William Hill is one of the UK's best-known bookmakers, founded by its namesake in 1934 taking bets around Birmingham. It has since grown into an international, multi-brand betting and gaming business spanning online and retail. The company is now part of evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings), one of the world's leading online betting and gaming groups. Headquartered in London, William Hill operates sports betting and gaming products across multiple markets.