Your Key Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced and strategic Senior Manager in Control & Compliance to join our dynamic Risk team. The ideal candidate will possess a robust network of relationships and industry knowledge across key risk control and compliance offers and sectors. You will play a key role in leading complex engagements and guiding our diverse set of clients across our various process and controls solutions. This role requires a proven track record of leveraging industry networks to identify and convert opportunities, as well as the ability to build strong relationships with C-suite executives.
Business Development
: Established networks/relationships across key sectors. Leverage of networks to identify, pursue, and convert opportunities, such as proposal development, contribution to additional sales, and production of thought leadership.
Engagement Delivery
: Lead and own the delivery of Control & Compliance engagements (e.g., risk management, internal control assessment, UK Corporate Reform, SOX 404, controls transformation) ensuring projects are effective, exceeding client expectations and identifying sell-on work.
Agility
: Ability to self-start and balance sales activity with engagement management.
Trusted Advisor Role
: Act as a ‘trusted advisor’ to clients, serving as a first point of contact in navigating complex regulations, including UK Corporate Reform, US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, Global Internal Audit Standards and other industry-specific requirements; guiding clients on how these regulations impact their internal controls and reporting obligations.
Client relationship management
: Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and creating tailored solutions.
Control & Compliance Leadership
: Lead confidently across the breadth of our process and controls related solutions. Be a present, high touch leader of our team dedicated to developing and nurturing our talent, engaging in internal team initiatives and fostering a positive team culture.
Solution Development
: Develop new solutions and existing offerings pertaining to risk and control strategies, policies and governance.
Quality and Risk Management
: Detailed understanding and demonstratable track record of compliance with quality and risk management principles.
Business Acumen
: Demonstrate business acumen through an ability to understand the broader business context, considering financial, operational, compliance and strategic aspects.
Learning and Development
: Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development for yourself and the wider team, demonstrating a proactive approach and natural curiosity. Providing and inspiring role model for the team.
Collaboration
: Work cross-functionally with internal and client teams across risk, IT, compliance, finance, and security to drive integrated risk management solutions.
Team Mentorship
: Mentor, coach and develop a team of Risk professionals, supporting their professional development and contributing to a positive team environment with continuous growth.
Industry Knowledge
: Stay informed about industry trends, including regulatory changes, technology growth and other relevant risk best practices.
Performance Excellence
: Monitor engagement success metrics and KPIS, proactively resolving deviations to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Communication
: Excellent communication skills and the ability to flex your style, deliver difficult messages whilst maintaining strong relationships.
Values
: Promote our values around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness.
Skills and Experience:
You will be a trusted and inspirational Senior Manager with proven ability to balance sales activities and delivery of high-quality and better practice insights across the breadth of our risk, ontrol & Compliance solutions. You will also foster employee engagement and development of the team.
- Industry Expertise: Industry-leading and demonstrable expertise pertaining to risk, processes and controls solutions with agility and aptitude to flex across solutions and sectors.
- Business Development: Demonstrated success in leveraging industry networks to identify and convert opportunities, with experience in proposal development and thought leadership.
- Relationships: Proven experience in building and maintaining relationships with C-suite executives, with the ability to discuss complex risk solutions confidently.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of complex regulations, including UK Corporate Reform and US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, with the ability to guide clients on regulatory impacts.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills for executive reporting, stakeholder engagement, and internal leadership.
- Leadership: Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability to inspire, nurture, develop and motivate team members, fostering an environment of collaboration and continuous growth.
- Ethical Standards: Strong sense of ethics and integrity, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards while promoting ethical practices within the organisation.
- Proactive Learning: A self-starter with a proactive approach and a strong commitment to continuous learning and professional growth.
- Adaptability: Ability to navigate and adapt to changing regulatory environments and emerging risks.
- Audit & Accounting Experience: Proven ability to bring external audit and financial accounting experience to engagements, ensuring strong control frameworks aligned with best practices.
- Systems Expertise: Expertise in core systems (e.g., SAP and Oracle) to identify control weaknesses and recommend improvements.
- Transformation and Digital Solutions: Experience of driving transformation and deploying digital solutions to solve complex client problems.
To qualify for this role, you should have:
- Extensive experience in generating and leading risk, process and control services at large and complex organisations.
- A relevant professional certification (ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent).
- Significant expertise in the delivery of risk, process and controls related solutions such as risk management, internal control assessment, controls transformation, SOX 404 implementation.
- Significant experience in understanding and enabling regulatory compliance requirements (e.g. UK Corporate Reform, SOX, and other industry-specific regulatory requirements.
