Head of Finance – Chief Control Office

Job description

JOB TITLE: Head of Finance – Chief Control Office

SALARY: £116,535 - £137,100

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol & Halifax

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our one of our office sites.

We’re on an exciting journey to strengthen the way Finance manages risk, ensures control excellence, and delivers trusted outcomes for the Group. Within the Finance Chief Operating Office (FCOO), the Chief Control Office (CCO) plays a critical role. It safeguards Finance through effective risk management, operational resilience, and strong first line accountability.

We’re looking for a Head of Finance, Chief Control Office to lead, develop and elevate the control environment for Non-Financial Risk within Finance. As Head of Finance, you’ll deliver the ongoing embedding the Group Risk Management framework for Non-Financial Risk management across several Operational Risk types including, but not limited to, Information & Cyber Security, Supplier Management, Data, People, Model and Operational Resilience (note this role excludes the management of Financial, Reporting & Tax and Regulatory risk).

You’ll deliver a robust and effective control environment for Finance and own the control improvement plan and resulting risk reduction pathway for these risk types.

This is a pivotal leadership role at the heart of the Finance community, connecting teams, influencing senior partners and driving continuous improvement across a broad and evolving agenda. You’ll connect closely with the CFO’s office and the Finance Extended Leadership team, to support management of the Operational Risk profile across GEC-1 as accountable executives. This includes Committee level accountability and support and reporting on risk-based outcomes, at both Group and Finance Executive Risk Committee level.

As a key member of the FCOO leadership team, the role provides thought leadership, strategic clarity and clear direction across risk, controls and resilience. The postholder will play a central role in embedding a strong first line risk culture, enabling Finance to operate safely, efficiently and confidently as the transformation journey continues.

• Set the vision and lead the Finance control agenda
  , ensuring risk and control frameworks are robust, well embedded and aligned to the Group’s strategic ambitions.
• Champion a culture of proactive and transparent risk management
  , supporting leaders across Finance to embed strong behaviours, clear ownership and consistent control maturity.
• Strengthen connectivity across Finance, Risk and the wider Group
  , ensuring completeness of risk, issue and assurance activity and representing Finance in key governance forums.
• Drive excellence in regulatory and control delivery
  , overseeing responsibilities across SOX, Open Pages, operational resilience and security risk.
• Lead a high performing, expert team
  , providing clear direction, setting expectations and fostering a culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement.
• Shape and coordinate strategic assurance activity
  , ensuring high quality insights, narratives and materials for senior committees including Audit Committee, regulatory interactions and Group Risk governance.
• Provide authoritative challenge and insight
  , using deep control expertise to guide decision making, strengthen outcomes and anticipate emerging risks.
• Lead the evolution of Finance’s control environment
  , shaping the transition towards more automated, data led and technology enabled control capabilities, and ensuring Finance is well positioned for future AI enabled control developments.
• Role model purpose led leadership and personal integrity
  , living the Group’s values and setting clear expectations for behaviour, accountability and decision making across Finance.

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

As a seasoned and…