Your new company

A well-known brand-name company based in Uxbridge offers hybrid working (3 days a week in the office) to a technical Controls Specialist with previous experience of SAO controls requirements (including Taxation, VAT and Customs) and an understanding of CCO and FTPF controls.

Your new role

• You will lead the implementation and embedding of Senior Accounting Officer (SAO), Corporate Criminal Offence (CCO) and Failure to Prevent Fraud (FTPF) controls frameworks.
• Evaluating and stress testing controls to make improvements and work with the business to improve controls.
• Evaluating future risks in these areas.
• Deep dive into SAO controls relating to VAT and working closely with operational leaders on improving Customs Controls.
• Creating a Controls and Compliance framework and policies relating to CCO and FTPF
• Reviewing, assessing and strengthening compliance controls across the business
• Identifying control gaps and risk areas, and designing remediation actions
• Partnering with external consultants, Finance, Tax and Operational stakeholders to embed controls

What you'll need to succeed

• You will be a Qualified Accountant, ACA, ACCA or equivalent, and are likely to have a highly technical controls background including an element of previous Tax, VAT, Customs controls and Financial controls – possibly gained in the Big 4 or from previous roles in industry.
• You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management experience.
• You will have experience documenting and delivering controls policies and frameworks in complex, fast-paced organisations.
• Proven experience working with SAO Controls, and ideally some exposure to CCO and FTPF Controls
• Comfortable operating autonomously
• Experience working with SAP would be very useful.

What you'll get in return

• Interim assignment for approx 10 months

• Hybrid working -3 days a week in the office in Uxbridge
• Rate £500-680 per day (outside IR35)

What you need to do now

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