Description
We are seeking a highly skilled finance professional to join our team and play a pivotal role in safeguarding Heathrow’s financial integrity. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead the Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework and drive the Finance Risk Management agenda, partnering with stakeholders across the organisation to foster a robust control culture. If you are passionate about continuous improvement, risk management, and delivering assurance in line with COSO and UK Corporate Governance standards, we invite you to apply and help shape the future of our finance function.
Responsibilities
- Leading Heathrow’s Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) framework, the Finance Risk Management agenda, and the development of a strong control culture across the organisation.
- Partnering closely with operational and financial stakeholders, internal and external auditors, and senior leadership to ensure that risks are identified, assessed and appropriately mitigated through well-designed and effective controls.
- Leading the design, documentation and testing of key financial and IT general controls, ensuring high quality narratives, Risk and Control Matrices, workpapers, and consistent methodologies across the Finance function.
- Overseeing the identification, reporting and remediation of internal control gaps, including root cause analysis, coordination with internal and external auditors, and clear visibility of issues and progress for senior leadership and the Audit Committee.
- Leading the ICFR annual assessment programme, strengthening processes in line with COSO and UK Corporate Governance requirements, and driving continuous improvement.
- Overseeing the Finance team’s risk register, providing assurance reporting to the Finance Leadership Team and Audit Committee, and supporting training and capability building across the Finance community.
Qualifications
- ACA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent.
- Relevant experience in internal controls, audit, risk management or financial governance (including Big 4 experience).
- Strong knowledge of ICFR/SOX methodologies and COSO 2013 framework.
- Experience with IT General Controls Assessment and Financial System controls (e.g. Oracle).
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including senior management.
- Experience working alongside cyber and technology functions on controls-related issues.
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