Job Title: Manager, Group Finance Risk & Control Governance
VANRATH is delighted to be working in partnership with a scaling global Financial Services to recruit a key member for the newly established Group Finance Risk & Control Governance team in Belfast.
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leading role within a newly created team, working to enhance financial oversight, strengthen governance frameworks, and drive process improvements.
The Role
This is a newly created key role in the team focusing on developing and implementing finance governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks.
* Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will help improve financial processes, compliance initiatives, and risk reporting.
* Support the enhancement of financial process documentation, consolidations, and reporting.
* Assist in the development and implementation of Group Finance Governance and Oversight methodologies.
* Contribute to internal control reporting and the production of key risk metrics.
* Help drive the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework.
* Assist in executing the Risk Assurance Plan, including deep-dive risk reviews.
* Support the management of governance processes, risk events, and causal analysis.
* Track and monitor issues, remediation actions, and process improvements.
* Maintain risk registers, control frameworks, and performance metrics.
* Lead finance process and technology documentation initiatives.
* Prepare and contribute to risk reporting materials for senior stakeholders.
* Support finance-related projects, policies, and compliance efforts.
* Help deliver risk training and promote a strong risk culture across the business.
The Person
You will be a finance and risk professional with experience in governance, financial risk management, and internal controls.
* Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ICAS, CIMA) or finance-related certification (e.g., CFA, CIA), or equivalent experience.
* Experience in financial risk management, reporting, and finance technology risks.
* Knowledge of control frameworks such as COSO, COBIT, or SOX.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with great attention to detail.
* Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and effectively communicate financial risk matters.
Benefits: Bonus + benefits