Business Risk and Controls Manager

Job Title: Business Risks and Control Manager

Type of Role:  Fixed Term Contract

Hours:  Full Time

Where:  Remote

Salary: DOE

Job Description:

To support the Head of Business Risk and Controls to lead and collaborate on various projects across the business, ensuring appropriate risk management and SOX controls are in place, to act as the “second line of defence”.

Key Responsibilities:

Sarbanes-Oxley Support

• Manage financial audits (related to Sarbanes-Oxley) independently at various BH locations. (This includes adequately document audit work performed);

• Supervise the coordination the SOX certification of the processes and key controls with Business Process Owners.

• Drive and lead the business through SOX compliance (including IPEs), and change including technical change assessments in financial areas impacting SOX compliance.

• Advise and mentor the business through SOX remediation action plan.

• Drive continuous improvement which leads to a streamlined, effective compliance and testing program which is understood by management.

• Supervise the liaison with the external Auditors where appropriate.

Compliance Audit

• Manage risk-based audits (from planning, developing audit programs, testing, to reporting stage) and identify design gaps and operating effectiveness.

• Manage the team who undertake design and operational effectiveness testing on higher risk controls within the Business process streams including assurance over completeness and accuracy of relevant reports (IPE testing).

Business and Financial Process

• Lead the projects of developing policies and procedures for different processes and for SOX purposes (workflows, Finance manual, etc.)

• Continual development of procedures and practices, improving current methods and keeping up to date with changes within the business, financial regulations and the marketplace.

Ad hoc

• Manage investigations arising from instances/suspicions of fraud or theft.

• Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.

What We Can Offer You:

Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Flexible working and holiday entitlements

• Discounted childcare

• Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks

• Annual gala award evening

• Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more

• Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Why Bright Horizons?

We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2023.

Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

What you will need:

Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant (or equivalent) with internal controls experience

Experience Needed:

• Minimum of one-year internal audit experience, either within top 10 or large corporate environment within industry (on the job training can be provided to candidates meeting other skills, knowledge and experience requirements).

• Experience of basic IT general controls.

• Excellent knowledge of financial internal control operational internal controls.

• Excellent knowledge of assessing the assurance which can be provided by controls.

• Excellent knowledge of professional auditing standards (internal audit).

• Good knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley requirements

• Experience of risk management (either company risk registers or principles of risk management adopted within an external auditing environment).

• Experience of corporate governance.

Essential Experience

• Must have prior experience of performing risk-based audit work.

• Must have experience of auditing controls.

• Must have experience of auditing within companies of equivalent size or larger than Bright Horizons.

Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for! Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS. Some of our roles require specific qualifications by law, this will be highlighted as essential within the advert.

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.