Job description
Job Description
We are hiring an Internal Controls Manager to take a leading role in strengthening the Group’s financial and non-financial reporting control environment within a growing and ambitious FTSE 250 business.
Reporting to the Senior Manager Internal Controls, you will play a key part in enhancing and monitoring the internal control framework that supports our financial, operational, and compliance reporting. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong, proactive individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about improving risk and control processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on the financial and non-financial reporting elements of the Group’s internal control framework, supporting its development and ongoing monitoring.
- Conduct design effectiveness reviews for financial and non-financial reporting controls, reviewing process maps and collaborating with the business and SMEs to resolve control design issues and oversee remediation plans.
- Perform testing of control operating effectiveness, report outcomes, recommend enhancements, and help the business address the root causes of control deficiencies while monitoring remediation progress.
- Provide advisory support to control owners on remediation efforts and internal control best practice across both financial and non-financial reporting areas.
- Educate and advise the business on the implications of the new UK Corporate Governance Code requirements.
- Contribute to preparing key control assessment findings and recommendations for Executive and Board Committees.
What we’re looking for:
Competence:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA) with at least 2 years post-qualification experience.
- Background in risk, internal control, or audit, ideally within a regulated environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence to provide practical recommendations and influence risk and control owners to improve the control environment.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- A detail-oriented and logical approach with excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Technically strong with an ability to see the bigger picture.
- Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-starter who is highly motivated and capable of working independently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Visio.
About us:
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,450 employees and have been named one of the UK’s ‘Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
What we offer:
- Starting salary c.£60,000 (Negotiable DOE)
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 8%
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual free share awards scheme
- Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
- Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
- Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
- Free gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike loan scheme
- Sick pay+ pledge
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Loans for travel season tickets
- Death in service scheme
- Paid time off for volunteer work
- Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
- Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
- Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
- Ongoing technical training
- Professional qualification support
- Talent development programmes
- Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
- Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
- Casual dress code
- Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working:
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That’s why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we’d love to speak to you.
