Financial Controls Specialist for Retail Growth

5 days ago


Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Halfords Full time

Overview

Halfords Group plc, a leading UK retailer and services business with over £1 billion turnover, is seeking an experienced Financial Controls Specialist to join their growing Group Controls Team.

The role of the Group Controls Accountant plays a crucial part in ensuring the effectiveness of the internal control framework and delivery of the annual controls workplan.

This exciting opportunity will enable you to contribute to building and growing the internal controls environment at Halfords, support projects with risk assessment and mitigation, and advise the business on risk and control matters.

About Halfords

Halfords is the UK's leading retailer of motoring, cycling, and leisure products, as well as one of the largest independent operators in vehicle servicing, maintenance, and repairs through their Autocentres.

The Support Centre in Redditch, Worcestershire, serves as the engine room for the company, where expertise and ambition can fuel real career growth within supportive, inclusive, and confident teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the wider Controls Team to monitor and maintain the risk and controls matrix.
  • Take ownership of a subset of business processes in the risk and controls matrix.
  • Lead quarterly risk discussions within respective business process areas.
  • Support business leaders with the periodic completion and update of risk scoring.
  • Stay informed about business transformation projects.
  • Create end-to-end process maps for new processes using Microsoft Visio.
  • Identify risks and recommend controls by reviewing current processes.
  • Support business process owners with control implementation.
  • Recognise control weaknesses, non-standard processes, and manual workarounds.
  • Suggest improvements while balancing commercial needs.
  • Foster debate, discussion, and challenge of risks and mitigations.
  • Participate in projects requiring a Financial Control representative.
  • Review control self-assessment and process validations.
  • Process and respond to risk and control change requests.
  • Ensure timely closure of recommendations.
  • Support the rollout of the internal control framework.
  • Determine clear ownership and accountabilities across all areas.

Requirements

  • Holding a qualified accounting or internal audit certification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, MCIIA, CIA, or equivalent).
  • Experience in internal controls over financial reporting and effective understanding of controls testing.
  • Highly motivated, organized, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to interface with management levels, build relationships, and establish internal networks.
  • Critical thinking skills to appraise processes or data and make recommendations.
  • Provide relevant, timely, simple, and user-friendly updates and insights.
  • Strong analytical skills, pragmatic approach, and attention to detail.
  • Enthusiastic, keen to learn, proactive, and willing to challenge the status quo.
  • Able to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
  • Possession of Microsoft Visio knowledge is preferable.
  • A retail background is also desirable.

Salary Information

The estimated annual salary for this position is around £55,000 - £65,000 based on national averages and industry standards.



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