Internal Controls Manager

3 days ago


Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom Coyne & Associates Limited Full time

Internal Controls Manager

£55,000-£60,000pa

Hybrid working from Bath: 3 days office / 2 days home

About Future

Future plc ) is a global specialist media group reaching 475 million+ passionate, intent-led users every month. Behind its world-class brands sits a powerful tech and data platform that fuels content, eCommerce, price comparison, advertising and subscriptions across websites, magazines, apps, events and social.

With a strong track record of growth, high cash generation and an asset-light model, Future continues to scale through its "platform effect" – engaging more users, more often, in more valuable ways.

As part of this evolution, Future is now hiring an Internal Controls Manager.

The Opportunity

A genuinely influential position where you'll shape, embed and elevate a scalable risk & control framework that supports Future's next phase of growth. You'll work with senior leadership, Internal Audit and External Audit - simplifying complexity, driving consistency and ensuring governance is robust across a dynamic, expanding organisation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the assessment and enhancement of the Group risk & control environment to ensure it is robust, scalable and future-ready.
  • Maintain and evolve the Group Risk & Control Matrix, working closely with SLT/ELT stakeholders.
  • Identify control gaps, inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across financial and operational processes.
  • Bring a control-focused lens to the systems roadmap - ensuring new tech and automation strengthens the Group control environment.
  • Partner with Internal and External Audit to ensure alignment, knowledge-sharing and effective governance.
  • Own Group Incident Reporting, tracking remediation and reporting to the Operational Risk Committee.
  • Support finance transformation projects, shaping risks, controls and scalable process mapping.

About You

  • ACA, CIA (or equivalent) with strong technical and controls expertise.
  • Experience in listed, regulated or SOX-style environments.
  • Able to interpret complexity and turn it into clear, pragmatic solutions.
  • Confident influencing senior stakeholders across Finance, Ops and Tech.
  • Strong documentation, communication and presentation skills.
  • Detail-driven, resilient and comfortable managing multiple priorities.

Why Join Future?

  • Work for a FTSE-listed global media group undergoing exciting transformation.
  • Be part of a newly shaped function where your work directly influences control maturity and best practice.
  • High exposure across senior leadership and large-scale cross-functional programmes.
  • Clear progression opportunities into broader controls, audit or finance leadership roles.

Benefits

  • Uncapped annual leave
  • Bonus scheme
  • Share Incentive Plan
  • Well-being support via Colleague Assistance Programmes
  • Refer-a-friend rewards
  • A fast-moving, innovative culture built around content, tech and data

For more information, please contact Steve Coyne at Coyne & Associates.



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