Accounting & Financial Control Manager, Controls

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom BT Group Full time
Closing Date: 26th Aug

Bristol, hybrid 3 days office/ 2 days remote

About EE

We're EE.

We are the biggest mobile and broadband operator in the UK and we have a relationship in every second household in the country.

But we're for everyone, on any network - serving up new tech, new services, and heaps of inspiration for every aspect of your connected life.

We've been awarded the UK's best network for the last 10 years. It's central to our vision - to be the most personal customer-focused technology company in the UK.


That means earning a place on customers' home screens by offering them more than ever before, whether that's helping their home run smarter with EE Home, levelling up their play with EE Game, helping them work on their terms with EE Work, or even unleashing their kids' learning with EE Learn.

We're also part of BT Group, which we're even bigger than you might think.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running.

We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We think we've got something special here.

We want everyone to feel proud about working at EE - and feel excited about where we're going and what we're going to do.

Want to join in?

Why this job matters


The Consumer unit, consisting of three household brands - EE, BT & Plusnet - generates over £10bn in revenue, with over 34million customers.

All three brands are really important to our future strategy.

We've got something special and we want everyone to feel proud about working here and excited about where we're going and what we're going to do.

Today in this fast changing, always on, digital world our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulation and competition we face are tougher than ever before.

So if you have the drive, optimism and resilience to help propel us forward we'll offer unrivalled personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things and pursue new careers.

If that's you and what you're looking for, we'd love you to be part of our future.


This role actively contributes to the definition of the Consumer financial control framework and advise business owners on the most appropriate risk mitigation, control designs and their operations, improvements and optimisation strategy.


What you'll be doing
Maintain an effective Internal Control Environment

Advise on control design.

Pro-actively monitor and assess potential changes and impacts on compliance and control environment.


Advise business owners how to ensure that the company maintains compliance obligations; improves the control environment; and manage risks appropriately.

Ensure control documentation is updated as required.


Manage control assessment across Consumer (management entity) and legal entities EE Ltd, BT plc (Consumer) and Plusnet, reporting progress, managing issues and escalations in order to ensure continued awareness, operation, ownership and risk mitigation.

Arrange and obtain assurance over third party reporting of control environments, via Statement of Control reports.

Deliver improvements to the Consumer control framework that ensure continued adherence to BT standards and accounting requirements.

Communicate issues, findings and opportunities


Produce timely and accurate reporting on key risk, issues and opportunities to senior management, Group Financial Controlling team and relevant steering groups as required.

Impact assess Business Continuity scenarios and update of contingency plans

Risk Management

Promote and support the identification, assessment and reporting of financial risks. Advise management in the development of pragmatic plans to mitigate risks.

Monitor progress in delivering mitigations.

Monitor, interpret and document control, regulatory and compliance requirements impacting on company performance. Approvals & Authority

Maintaining segration of duties, financial approvers and delegation of authorities in legacy SAP system

Skills and Experience

  • Professional audit/accountancy accreditation or equivalent by experience
  • Good understanding of IT systems (SAP GRC , ARIS would be beneficial)
  • Negotiation and influencing skills
  • Controls knowledge
  • Process implementation
  • Change management

Our leadership standards
Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. 'We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do.

It's fundamental to our purpose:
we connect for good.'

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you'll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen.

But you won't be alone:
we'll be there with help and support, learning and development.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:


Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?


Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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