Group Controls Accountant
3 weeks ago
Job Overview
A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Group Controls Team at Halfords, a leading retail and services business with a turnover of over £1 billion.
The Group Controls Accountant will play a key role in ensuring the overall effectiveness of the internal control framework and delivery of the annual controls workplan.
This is an exciting role where you will have the opportunity to help build and grow the internal controls environment at Halfords, support projects with risk assessment and mitigation, and advise the business on risk and control matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain the risk and controls matrix in collaboration with the wider Controls Team.
- Responsible for 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 with business transformation projects.
- Produce end-to-end process maps for new processes using Microsoft Visio.
- Review current processes to identify risks and recommend controls.
- Support business process owners with control implementation.
- Identify control weaknesses, non-standard processes, and manual workarounds.
- Suggest improvements whilst balancing the commercial needs of the business.
- Ensure there is appropriate debate, discussion, and challenge of risks and mitigations.
- Partake in projects where a Financial Control representative is required.
- 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.
- Determining clear ownership and accountabilities across all areas.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant or Internal Auditor (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, MCIIA, CIA or equivalent).
- Exposure to and an effective understanding of internal controls over financial reporting and controls testing.
- Highly motivated and organized self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to interface with all levels of management, quickly build effective working relationships and internal networks both within and outside of the finance team.
- Ability to critically appraise processes or data to make recommendations.
- Provide relevant, timely, simple, and user-friendly updates and insight.
- Strong analytical skills, pragmatic approach, and attention to detail.
- Enthusiastic, keen to learn, proactive, and willing to challenge the status quo.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
- Preferable to have knowledge of using Microsoft Visio.
- Preferable to have a retail background.
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